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JOHN  PARKHURST, 


BORN  MAY  2,  1760,  AT  WESTON,  MASSACHUSETTS, 


HIS  ANCESTORS  AND  DESCENDANTS. 


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GABRIEL  H.  PARKHURST, 

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1897. 


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kNE  of  the  pleasantest  returns  to  the  writer  for  his  labor 
in  compiling  this  little  work  has  been  the  many  cour- 
tesies he  has  received  from  his  kinsmen  and  friends  all  over 
the  world,  who  have  generously  aided  in  making  this  record 
what  it  is.  To  them,  one  and  all,  he  offers  sincere  thanks. 
But  he  feels  especially  indebted  to  the  following  for  the  assist- 
ance they  have  freely  and  frequently  given  : 

CAPT.  CHARLES  D.  PARKHURST,  of  Fortress  Monroe,  Va. 
MR.  WALTER  GUSHING  PARKHURST,  of  Baltimore,  Md. 
MR.  EDSON  SALISBURY  JONES,  of  Port  Chester,  N.  Y. 
DR.  LEWIS  EVANS  PARKHURST,  M.  A.,  of  London,  Eng. 
REV.  WILLIAM  H.  PARKHURST,  of  Cape  Colony,  S.  Africa. 


English  jfamil£. 


word  u  Parkhurst "  is  of  Norman  and  French 
derivation,  being  composed  of  "  pare "  (French  for 
park)  and  "  hurst  "  (the  Anglo-Saxon  for  wood).  The  family 
name  dates  back  to  the  entrance  of  William  the  Conqueror 
in  England,  and  the  derivation  of  the  word  suggests  that  it 
was  contemporaneous  with  the  beginning  of  French  influence 
in  England.  The  word  "  Parkhurst "  first  appears  in  the 
Doomsday  book,  published  in  1086,  which  mentions  "  Park- 
hurst forest "  in  the  Isle  of  Wight.  This  was  the  earliest 
recorded  royal  park,  a  district  of  three  thousand  acres,  nomi- 
nally held  by  the  government.  It  was,  however,  a  public 
common,  and  was  enclosed  in  1815,  eleven  hundred  and  fifty 
acres  being  reserved  by  the  crown  as  a  nursery  for  navy  tim- 
ber. Near  this  is  a  village  called  Parkhurst,  and  a  few  miles 
away  is  Osborne  House,  Queen  Victoria's  winter  residence. 
[Murray's  Handbook  of  Surrey,  Hants  and  the  Isle  of  Wight, 
(1876)  page  427.] 

The  family  emigrated  from  the  Isle  of  Wight  between  four 
and  five  hundred  years  ago,  and  built  "  Parkhurst  Manor," 
in  Surrey  County,  England,  between  Epsom  and  Guilford. 
Here  is  where  we  find  the  earliest  authentic  record  of  the 
family,  in  George  Parkhurst,  of  Guilford,  who  was  the  father 
of  Bishop  John  Parkhurst,  born  at  Guilford,  Surrey  County,  in 
1511.  George  Parkhurst  was  living  at  Guilford  the  latter  part 
of  the  XVth  century.  George  Parkhurst,  Jr.,  of  Watertown, 
Mass.,  named  his  oldest  son  John,  and  this  custom  has  been 
continued  by  his  descendants,  including  the  present  genera- 
tion. Dr.  Lewis  E.  Parkhurst,  of  London,  who  belongs  to  the 
Guilford  (Surrey  County)  branch,  states  that  there  has  been  a 


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similar  custom  of  naming  the  eldest  son  John  in  his  family, 
in  England,  for  many  generations. 

Parkhnrst  Manor,  about  twenty-five  miles  south  of  London, 
between  Epsom  and  Guilford,  remained  in  possession  of 
the  family  until  1745.  In  1629,  Sir  Robert  Parkhurst,  who 
was  afterward  Lord  Mayor  of  London,  held  his  court  there. 
From  Surrey  County  the  family  seems  to  have  divided  into 
four  branches,  viz  :  Guilford,  Norfolk,  London  and  Catesby, 
whose  coats-of-arms  are  identical,  showing  beyond  question 
their  common  ancestry.  From  which  one  of  these  branches 
the  American  family  sprang  has  not  yet  been  conclusively 
proved,  but  in  all  probability  George  Parkhurst,  of  Guilford, 
Surrey  County,  was  the  great  grand-father  of  George  Park- 
hurst, who  settled  in  Watertown,  Mass.  The  name  George 
appears  almost  exclusively  in  this  branch,  as  well  as  the  name 
John,  which  first  comes  into  the  family  with  Bishop  John 
Parkhurst  in  1511-1512.  We  find  the  same  combination  of 
family  names  in  this  branch,  which  exists  in  the  American 
family,  namely :  George  Parkhurst,  naming  his  son  George, 
and  George  Parkhurst,  Jr.,  naming  his  son  John.  The  names 
George  and  John  appear  very  rarely,  if  at  all,  in  the  other 
branches  of  the  English  family. 

Manning  and  Bray's  History  of  Surrey,  Vol.  i,  shows  the 
following  Parkhursts  living  in  Guilford  : 

George  Parkhurst,  Sr.,  30  Henry  VIII  (1539). 

George  Parkhurst,  Jr.,  30  Henry  VIII  (1539),  page  32. 

George  Parkhurst,  Mayor  of  Guilford,  1522,  1529,  1536, 
page  38. 

Henry  Parkhurst,  Mayor  of  Guilford,  1573,  page  39. 

Thomas  Parkhurst,  Mayor  of  Guilford,  1604,  1609,  1615, 
1623,  l634,  page  39. 

George  Parkhurst,  father  of  Bishop  John,  page  79. 

Bishop  John  Parkhurst  was  a  "  Bachelor  of  Divinitie  "  at 
Oxford  in  1529.  Three  years  later  he  entered  holy  orders, 
though  more  fond  of  poetry  and  oratory  than  divinity.  At 
length  he  became  rector  of  the  rich  church  of  Clive,  in  Glou- 
cestershire, where  he  did  much  good  by  his  hospitality  and 


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charity.  Soon  after  the  death  of  King  Edward,  on  account 
of  his  liberal  views  he  incurred  the  displeasure  of  Queen 
Mary,  and  was  for  a  time  in  danger  of  his  life.  He  went  into 
exile  at  Zurich,  Switzerland,  during  the  remainder  of  her 
reign.  Returning  to  England,  he  was  appointed  Bishop  of 
Norwich  by  Queen  Elizabeth  in  1560,  which  he  held  until 
his  death,  February  2d,  1574.  (Visitation  of  Norfolk,  1563, 
Norfolk  Arch.  Soc.,  Vol.  2,  page  15.)  He  translated  the 
"Apocrypha  "  in  the  Bible,  commanded  by  Queen  Elizabeth, 
and  was  the  author  of  a  number  of  Latin  works,  some  of 
his  unpublished  manuscripts  still  remaining  at  the  British 
Museum.  His  father's  coat-of-arms  was  similar  to  that  shown 
in  the  cut.  The  three  crescents  were  added  when  John  was 
elected  bishop. 

Another  crest  used  by  the  Guilford  (Surrey)  and  the  Nor- 
folk branches  is  a  silver  biick's  head  erased  out  of  a  palisado 
coronet  of  gold.  For  illustrations  see  Fairbank's  crests,  plates 
128,  No.  21  ;  66,  No.  2  ;  67,  No.  13  ;  68,  No.  2  ;  49,  No.  4. 

Among  the  famous  Parkhursts  of  the  XVIIIth  century  was 
the  Rev.  John  Parkhurst,  of  Catesby,  Northamptonshire, 
England,  who  was  the  author  of  the  first  Greek  lexicon, 
which  is  still  in  use.  He  died  in  1797,  without  issue,  and 
was  buried  in  Epsom  church,  where  there  is  a  monument  to 
his  memory.  The  churches  and  churchyards  of  Epsom, 
Abinger,  Dorking  and  Guilford,  are  rich  in  memorials  of 
dead  members  of  the  Parkhurst  family. 


Hmencan 


,  founder  of  the  Parkhurst  family 
in  this  country,  emigrated  from  England  about  1635.  He 
brought  at  least  two  children  with  him  (George,  Jr.,  and 
Phebe),  and  is  known  to  have  been  living  in  Watertown, 
Mass.,  in  1642.  He  was  probably  a  man  of  considerable 
means,  for  he  owned  a  large  tract  of  land,  besides  a  homestead 
of  twelve  acres.  In  1643  ne  was  admitted  freeman.  He 
married  his  second  wife,  Susanna,  widow  of  John  Simpson, 
in  1645,  by  whom  he  had  no  children.  The  same  year  he 
sold  his  Watertown  estate  and  moved  to  Boston.  (Bond's 
Hist.  Watertown,  Mass.,  pages  388,  391.) 

Register  N.  E.  Hist,  and  Genealogical  Society,  Vol.  27, 
page  364,  states  that  George  Parkhurst  had  the  following 
children  : 

2  GEORGE,  JR.,  born    in    England    about    1618;    married 
(ist)  Sarah  Browne,  December  i6th,  1643. 

3  BENJAMIN,  born  in  England. 

4  JOSEPH,  he    moved   to    Chelmsford,  Mass.,  but  at  what 
date  is  uncertain.     He  was,  however,  living  there  from  1656 
to  1667.     He  married  Mary  Read,  of  Chelmsford,  at  Concord, 
Mass.,  June  26th,  1656,  and  his  name  appears  as  one  of  the 
proprietors  of  the  new  field  in   Chelmsford.     His  share    of 
twelve  acres  was  allotted  to  him  January  i2th,  1666-7  (Allen's 
Hist.  Chelmsford,  page  169). 

5  PHEBE,  born  in  England ;    married   Thomas  Arnold    in 
1640. 

THOMAS  ARNOLD  came  to  this  country  in  May, 
1635.  He  was  admitted  freeman  in  1640.  In  Octo- 
ber, 1651,  he  was  fined  twenty  shillings  by  the  court 


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for  offense  against  the  law  concerning  baptism. 
April  ad,  1654,  he  was  fined  five  pounds  for  neglect- 
ing public  worship  twenty  days.  April  2d,  1655, 
he  was  fined  ten  pounds  for  neglecting  public  wor- 
ship forty  days,  and  his  land  was  levied  upon  to  pay 
it  (Bond's  Hist.  Watertown,  Mass.,  page  9).  He 
seems  to  have  inherited  his  sturdy  independence 
from  his  ancestors.  Arnold  was  able  to  trace  his 
ancestry  back  through  seventeen  generations  to 
Ynir,  King  of  Gwentland,  A.  D.,  noo,  who  was  a 
direct  descendant  of  Wessex,  who  was  king  of  the 
Britons  from  688  to  728. 

6  DEBORAH,  married  John  Smith. 

7  ELIZABETH,  married  (ist)  Emanuel  Hilliard  ;  (ad)  Joseph 
Merry. 

8  MARY,  married  Rev.  Thomas  Carter. 


2  0COV0e  iParfcblirSt,  3r.,  son  of  George  Parkhurst  (i), 
the  emigrant,  was  born  in  England  in  1618;  married  (ist) 
Sarah  Browne,  December  i6th,  1643.  She  was  the  daughter 
of  Abraham  and  Lydia  Browne,  descendant  of  John  Browne, 
who  was  Mayor  of  Stamford,  England,  in  1376  and  1377. 
He  married  (2d)  Mary  Pheza,  September  24th,  1650.  She 
died  March  Qth,  1680-1,  and  he  died  March  i6th,  1698-9, 
aged  8 1  years.  The  old  Parkhurst  farm,  where  he  probably 
settled,  was  on  the  east  side  of  Beaver  brook  and  north  side 
of  the  County  road,  and  the  house  stood  a  few  rods  east  of  the 
new  cottage  of  Mr.  Thomas  Page  (  "  Watertown  "  ).  He  had 
two  children  by  his  first  wife  : 

9       JOHN,  born  June  loth,  1644  ;  married,  about  1670,  Abigail 

Garfield. 
10       SARAH,  born  September  i4th,  1649,  probably  died  young. 


9  30bU  JParfcburSt,  son  of  George  Parkhurst,  Jr.  (2),  and 
Sarah  Browne,  born  June  loth,  1644,  married,  about  1670, 
Abigail  Garfield,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Susanna  Garfield. 


12  AMERICAN    FAMILY. 

She  was  born  June  29th,  1646,  and  died  October  i8th, 
1726.  He  was  admitted  freeman  April  i8th,  1690.  He  died 
September  I2th,  1725.  They  had  nine  children: 

11  JOHN,    born    February    26th,    1671-2;    married  Abigail 
Morse. 

12  ABIGAIL,  born  September  loth,  1674. 

13  SARAH,    born   November    26th,    1676;    married  October 
1 6th,  1700,  Edward  Sherman. 

14  RACHEL,  born   December  3Oth,   1678 ;  married,  Decem- 
ber, 1699,  Abraham  Gale. 

15  ELIZABETH,  born  September  i8th,  1681  ;  married,  De- 
cember 3ist,  1701,  Joseph  Ball. 

16  MARY,  born  December  23d,  1683  ;  married,  May  ist,  1707, 
Edward  Sanderson. 

17  GEORGE,  born  January  3d,  1685-6;  married,  April  igth, 
1726,  Tabitha  Fnlham. 

18  SAMUEL,    born    April    nth,    1688;  married,  May  27th, 
1716,  Sarah  Shattnck. 

19  HANNAH,  born  April   i7th,  1690;  married,  January  3d, 
1716,  John  Newton,  of  Maryborough,  New  Hampshire. 


ii  BeaCOn  30bn  IParfcblirSt,  son  of  John  Parkhurst  (9) 
and  Abigail  Garfield,  born  February  26th,  1671-2  ;  married 
Abigail  Morse,  a  descendant  of  Joseph  Morse,  who  came  to 
this  country  in  1634,  from  England.  She  was  born  August 
6th,  1677,  and  died  May  3d,  175-.  He  settled  in  Watertown 
Farms,  Weston,  Mass.  Was  an  original  member,  and  one  of 
the  first  deacons,  of  Weston  church ;  elected  January  4th, 
1709-10.  On  January  2ist,  1734-5,  he  gave  to  each  of  his 
sons,  Isaac  and  Jonas,  by  deed  of  gift,  eighty  and  one-half 
acres  of  land  in  Newton,  Mass.,  bought  from  Caleb  Gardner, 
then  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island.  They  had  ten  children  : 

20  JOHN,  born  and  died  1695. 

21  JOHN,  born  April  29th,  1697. 

22  ABIGAIL,    born   June    2oth,    1699;    married,   September 
23d,  1728,  John  Pike,  of  Newbury. 


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23  LYDIA,  born  July  2ist,  1701;  married,  April  nth,  1723, 
Joseph  Stone,  of  Framingham,  Mass. 

24  ELIZABETH,  born  April  5th,  1704  ;  died  December,  1732, 
unmarried. 

25  JOSIAH,  born  February  gth,  1706;  married,  October  23d, 
1735,  Sarah  Carter. 

26  ISAAC,    born    July    gth,    1708;    married,    February   7th, 
1733-4,  Lydia  Bigelow. 

27  MARY,  born  July  i5th,  1710;  married,  August  2oth,  1731, 
Edmund  Bailey,  of  Newbury. 

28  JONAS,  born  August  2oth,  1712  ;  married  Abigail  Bigelow, 
daughter  of  Joshua  Bigelow  and  Hannah  Fiske  ;  date  of  mar- 
riage not    found.      Admitted    to    Congregational    church    in 
Milford  by  letter  from  Weston,  1747. 

29  JEMIMA,  born  June  5th,  .1715;  married,  April  2oth,  1738, 
Benjamin  Bartlett,  of  Newbury. 


25  30Siab  IParftblirSt,  son  of  Deacon  John  Parkhurst  (i i) 
and  Abigail  Morse,  born  February  gth,  1706,  at  Weston, 
Mass.  ;  married,  October  23d,  1735,  Sarah  Carter,  daughter 
of  Daniel  and  Sarah  Carter,  of  Weston,  Mass.  She  was  bap- 
tized May  25th,  1728.  They  had  six  children  : 

30  JOSIAH,  Jr.,  born  March  8th,  1736-7;  married,  June  ist, 
1758,  Elizabeth  Bigelow. 

31  NATHAN,  born  November  2d,  1738;  married  (ist),  Feb- 
ruary Qth,    1764,   Elizabeth  Shepard ;  (2)  March  2 ist,    1765, 
Mary  Ames,  of  Framingham.     He,  with  his  wife,  Mary,  and 
daughter,  Elizabeth,  moved  to  Framingham  March  i6th,  1769. 

32  MARY,   born    March    3d,    1743;    married,    1763,    Samuel 
Fiske,  of  Weston.     She  died  June  i8th,  1773. 

33  SARAH,  born  September  2ist,  1747;  married,  April  i5th, 
1770,  Isaac  Flagg. 

34  AMOS,  born  April  2d,  1756. 

35  LYDIA,  born  May  loth,  1758. 


14  AMERICAN    FAMILY. 


3o     3oeiab  iparfcburst  3r»t  son  °f  J°siah 

(25),  and  Sarah  Carter,  born  March  8th,  1736-7,  at  Weston, 
Mass.  Married,  June  ist,  1758,  Elizabeth  Bigelow,  daughter 
of  Nathaniel  Bigelow  and  Hannah  Robison,  of  Newton.  She 
was  born  May  I7th,  1738.  He  first  settled  in  Weston,  and 
in  1762  removed  to  Framingham,  building  a  house  which  he 
located  a  few  rods  north  of  the  railroad  bridge,  east  of  the 
Concord  river  near  the  subsequent  site  of  the  "  Cutler  Mills." 
The  location  was  covered  by  the  embankment  of  the  Boston 
and  Worcester  railroad  in  1835.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Training  Band  in  Weston,  April  i8th,  1757.  This  service 
entitles  his  descendants  to  membership  in  the  "  Society  of 
Colonial  Wars"  (Mass.  Archives,  Vol.  95,  page  277).  At  two 
periods  he  lived  in  Marlborough  N.  H.,  where  he  died  in 
1832,  in  his  ninety-fifth  year.  Their  first  three  children  were 
born  in  Weston,  and  the  other  children  in  Framingham.  They 
had  eleven  children  : 

36  HANNAH,  born    March    27th,   1759;    married    February 
25th,  1779,  Jonathan  Adams,  and  moved  into  Pennsylvania. 

37  JOHN,  born  May  2d,  1760;  married  December  i7th,  1783, 
Sarah  Bullard. 

38  AARON,  born  June  ist,   1761  ;    married,  in  Bellingham, 
Sally  Thompson,  and  removed  to  Stafford,  Conn. 

39  ELIZABETH,  born  in  Framingham,  February  28th,  1763  ; 
married,  May  —  ,  1784,  Samuel  Walker. 

40  EPHRAIM,  born  January  i6th,  1765  ;  married  (ist),  Decem- 
ber 27th,  1788,  Elizabeth  Look.  She  died  December  25th,  1825. 
He  subsequently  married  Mrs.  Mary  Adams,  who  died  in  1870. 
Ephraim    died   January    2oth,   1850,  at  Framingham,  Mass. 
Many  of  his  descendants  are  prominent  in  public  life,  among 
them  Dr.  Charles  H.  Parkhurst,  pastor  of  the  Madison  Square 
Presbyterian  church,  the  anti-Tammanyite  reformer  in  New 
York  city. 

41  LUCY,    born    June    i9th,   1766;    married,    January   i5th, 
1794,  Abraham  Fisher;  died  in  1845. 

42  SARAH,  born  January  6th,  1  768  ;  married  Micajah  Morse, 
and  moved  to  New  Hampshire;  died  in  1814. 


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43  EUNICE,    born    November    2oth,    1769;    married 

Becket,  and  lived  in  Unity,  N.  H. ;  died  in  1829. 

44  MOLLY,    born    November    i5th,    1771  ;    married,    1793, 
Josiah  Hemenway,  of  Framingham. 

45  LYDIA,  born   June    28th,   1775 ;    married,    August    igth, 
1794,  Solomon  Becket,  of  Framingham. 

46  JOSIAH,  JR.,  born  May  25th,    1778;    married,  April  2d, 
1 80 1,  Nancy  Jones,  and  moved  to  Marlborough,  N.  H. 


37  30bU  IParkbUrSt,  the  son  of  Josiah  Parkhnrst,  Jr.  (30), 
and  Elizabeth  Bigelow,  was  born  May  ad,  1760,  at  Weston, 
Mass.  In  1762  his  father  moved  from  Weston  to  Framing- 
ham,  Mass.,  which  was  his  home  during  the  Revolution.  In 
the  summer  of  1777,  when  seventeen  years  of  age,  he  joined 
the  army.  His  first  service  was  to  gnard  Continental  stores 
at  East  Sndbnry.  On  April  ist,  1778,  he  re-enlisted  in  Cap- 
tain Holmes'  company,  Colonel  Jonathan  Reed's  regiment, 
being  the  first  regiment  of  guards.  His  first  duty  was  to 
guard  British  prisoners  at  Prospect  Hill,  Cambridge,  who  had 
been  captured  with  General  Burgoyne.  He  was  discharged 
July  4th,  1778,  and  at  once  re-enlisted  for  six  weeks,  in  the 
company  commanded  by  Captain  Amos  Perry,  of  Sherburn. 
He  went  with  the  company  to  Providence  and  Lewiston,  R. 
I.,  where  his  duty  again  consisted  in  guarding  Continental 
stores.  In  August  the  company  was  engaged  in  building 
redoubts  near  Newport,  R.  I.  July  24th,  1780,  he  enlisted 
in  Captain  Walter  McFarland's  company,  of  Colonel  Cyprian 
Howe's  regiment,  Middlesex  County  regiment,  for  service  in 
Rhode  Island.  The  company  went  to  Providence,  guarding 
stores  on  College  Hill.  John  Parkhurst  was  discharged 
October  3oth,  1780  (Mass.  Arch.,  Vol.  35,  page  124;  Vol.  21, 
page  in  ;  Vol.  46,  pages  13-14;  Vol.  19,  page  182). 

This  service  entitles  his  descendants  to  membership  in 
the  societies  of  the  "  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  "  and 
"  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution." 

On  December  i7th,  1783,  he  married  Sarah  Bullard,  who 
died  February  8th,  1818,  at  Springfield,  Pa.  In  1813,  John 
Parkhurst,  in  company  with  William  Evans,  left  New  Hamp- 
shire to  find  a  new  home  in  the  West.  They  would  have 
settled  in  Monroe  County,  N.  Y.,  but  for  the  frontier  troubles 


JOHN    PARKHURST.  17 

then  existing.  Turning  southward,  they  finally  located  in 
Springfield,  Bradford  County,  Pa.,  where  they  built  a  com- 
fortable log  house.  They  returned  to  New  Hampshire  for 
their  families,  and  in  the  fall  of  1813,  after  a  hard  journey  of 
six  weeks,  they  arrived  at  the  log  house.  Work  was  im- 
mediately commenced  on  a  better  house,  and  two  years  later 
(1815)  the  present  homestead  was  completed.  It  was  the 
home  of  John  Parkhurst  until  his  death,  in  1836,  and  is  still 
occupied  by  his  descendants.  The  house  is  a  substantial 
structure,  commanding  a  beautiful  view  of  Mount  Pisgah  and 
adjacent  valleys. 

He  kept  a  diary  for  thirty  years,  wherein  he  states  that  he 
was  only  prevented  from  enlisting  the  fourth  time  by  ill 
health.  His  diary  shows  that  he  took  great  interest  in  the 
militia  while  he  lived  in  New  Hampshire.  During  the  later 
years  of  his  life  in  Springfield  he  was  invariably  known  by 
the  title  of  "  Major."  He  was  elected  to  this  office  in  the 
general  training  bands,  which  were  annually  organized  in  that 
vicinity.  Mrs.  Martha  Bullock,  who  knew  John  Parkhurst 
in  her  childhood,  still  remembers  seeing  him  with  epaulettes 
on  his  shoulder?,  and  a  long  black  feather,  tipped  with  red, 
in  his  hat. 

Although  a  physician  by  profession,  there  is  no  record  that 
he  was  ever  in  active  practice.  His  life  seems  to  have  been 
occupied  in  farming,  although  he  conducted  a  general  store 
for  some  years  at  Marlborough,  N.  H.  His  diary  reveals 
many  characteristics  of  his  sturdy  life.  Under  date  of  July 
2Oth,  1811,  it  contains  the  following  excellent  advice,  upon 
the  occasion  of  his  paying  $1,905.16  for  having  endorsed  a 
friend's  note  :  "  So  that  it  appears  that  I  am  this  sum  the 
poorer  for  dealing  with  one  dishonest  man,  which  I  did 
merely  to  oblige  him,  without  any  promise,  or  even  prospect, 
of  reward,  which  I  hope  will  be  sufficient  warning  to  all  (my 
family,  at  least)  never  to  be  bound  for  any  man  without  ample 
security ;  and  again  I  say,  not  without  ample  security." 

John  Parkhurst  was  an  active  member  of  the  church.  He 
was  a  man  of  strong  political  views,  and  contributed  to  the 


1 8  JOHN    PARKHURST,    JR.,    AND    FAMILY. 

various  periodicals  of  the  time.  In  appearance  he  is  remem- 
bered as  a  distinguished-looking  man,  with  keen  blue  eyes, 
white  hair,  and  a  refined  manner.  He  died  November  ist, 
1836,  sitting  in  the  rocking  chair  which  he  had  brought  with 
him  from  New  Hampshire,  and  was  buried  at  Springfield.  He 
had  nine  children,  all  by  his  first  wife,  Sarah  Bullard.  The 
first  two  were  born  in  Framingham,  the  rest  in  Marlborough. 
He  married  (ad),  October  3ist,  1822,  Margaret  Randel,  of 
Canton,  Pa.  The  nine  children  were  : 

47  JOHN,  JR.,  born  December  3oth,  1784;  married,  Septem- 
ber 8th,  1822,  Laura  Gleason. 

48  DANIEL,  born   May    6th,   1787 ;    married,    October    23d, 
1817,  Alma  Allen. 

49  JOSIAH,  born  March  i2th,  1789;  married,  —       — ,  1813, 
Rachel  Harkness. 

50  SARAH  MARIA,  born  April   loth,    1793;    married,  Sep- 
tember 5th,  1813,  William  Evans. 

51  CURTIS,  born  July  2d,   1794;  married,  November  nth, 
1830,  Jane  Ann  Kasson. 

52  DEXTER,  born  September  2ist,  1797;  married,  July  4th, 
1823,  Marian  Speer. 

53  JOEL,  born  April  8th,  1800  ;  married  (ist),  November  i6th, 
1835,  Emeline  R.  Allen-;  (2d)  May  i4th,  1856,  Martha  Har- 
rower  Steel. 

54  MARTHA,    born    April    2d,    1803;    married,    July    25th, 
1827,   Micajah  Seely. 

55  EBENEZER  F.,  born  November  ist,  1807  ;  married,  No- 
vember 8th,  1829,  Demis  Brown. 


47  Dr.  30btl  parfcbUrSt,  Jr.,  son  of  John  Parkhurst 
(37)  and  Sarah  Bullard,  was  born  December  3Oth,  1784,  at 
Framingham,  Mass.  He  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Carter, 
of  Keene,  N.  H.,  graduated  at  Dartmouth  Medical  College  at 
Hanover,  and  removed  to  Richmond,  N.  H.,  about  1810.  He 
was  the  author  of  the  New  England  Diary  and  Almanac 


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for    1808  and    1809,  a  copy  of  which  is  in  the  possession  of 
Charles  Tubbs,  Esq.,  of  Osceola,  Pa. 

On  September  8th,  1822,  he  married  Laura  Gleason, 
daughter'  of  Windsor  Gleason,  Sr.,  and  Sophia  Clark,  who 
was  born  April  24th,  1797,  at  Langdon,  N.  H.  He  practiced 
medicine  until  1840,  when  on  a  visit  to  his  brother  in  Spring- 
field, Pa.,  he  was  taken  sick,  and  died  September  i5th,  1840. 
He  was  survived  less  than  a  year  by  his  wife,  who  died  at 
Richmond,  N.  H.,  August  igth,  1841.  They  had  three 
children  : 

56  JOHN,    JR.,    born    February    i3th,    1823;    married    (ist), 
November,  1840,  Lucy  Buffum  ;.(2d)  September  i4th,  1852, 
Rebecca  Kennedy. 

57  ELIZABETH,  born  September  i;th,  1820;  married,  Octo- 
ber ist,    1848,   Dr.   Leander  Smith,  of  Beecher's  Island,   Pa. 
She  died  December  28th,  1851. 

58  JOEL  G.,  born  December  i5th,  1828;  married,  April  28th, 
1867,  Grace  L.  Lyman. 


56  30bt1  JParfcbUrSt,  Jr.,  son  of  Dr.  John  Parkhurst,  Jr. 
(47),  and  Laura  Gleason,  born  February  i3th,  1823,  at  Rich- 
mond, N.  H.  ;  married,  November,  1840,  Lucy  Buffum.  She 
died  in  1842,  at  Richmond.  They  had  one  child  : 

59  JOHN  EDGAR,  born  August  I4th,  1841  ;  died  at  Alex- 
ander, Va.,  May  22d,  1865.  He  was  First  Lieutenant  in 
Company  H,  2O7th  Pennsylvania  Volunteers.  "  Parkhurst 
Post,"  No.  35,  G.  A.  R.,  of  Elkland,  Pa.,  was  named  after 
him.  The  Post  was  reorganized  in  1882,  and  took  No.  581. 
John  Parkhurst,  Jr.,  married  (ad),  September  i4th,  1852, 
Rebecca  Kennedy,  daughter  of  Luin  P.  Kennedy  and  Mary 
A.  Hulburt,  born  April  5th,  1828,  at  Arkport,  N.  Y.  ;  died 
December  25th,  1893,  at  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  and  buried  at 
Elkland,  Pa.  He  died  January  2Oth,  1890.  He  came  to 
Elkland  soon  after  his  father's  death  and  entered  into  active 
business,  first  as  a  merchant,  and  later,  for  many  years,  as  a 


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partner  with  his  uncle,  Joel  Parkhnrst,  in  the  banking  busi- 
ness, nnder  the  name  of  Joel  Parkhurst  &  Co.  After  his 
uncle's  death  the  name  of  the  bank  was  changed,  and  he 
carried  on  the  business  with  his  son,  Luin  K.  Parkhurst,  and 
Charles  L.  Pattison,  a  son-in-law  of  Joel  Parkhurst.  The 
bank  was  considered  one  of  the  strongest  financial  institutions 
in  that  section  of  the  state.  It  is  now  called  the  Pattison 
National  Bank.  He  had  three  children  by  this  marriage  : 

60  LUIN  K.,  born  June  ist,  1856;  married,  June  3Oth,  1881, 
Mary  W.  Reed. 

6 1  CARRIE  E.,  born   August   5th,   1863  '•>    married,  October 
;th,  1886,  William  E.  Williams. 

62  JOHN  WALTER,  born  August  9th,  1867;  married,  Octo- 
ber 1 8th,  1888,  Helen  B.  Moon. 


60  Xlltn  IK.  parfcbliret,  son  of  John  Parkhurst,  Jr.  (56), 
and  Rebecca  Kennedy,  born  June  ist,  1856,  at  Elkland,  Pa.  ; 
married,  June  3oth,  1881,  Mary  W.  Reed,  daughter  of  James 
M.  and  Albertine  Reed,  born  December  22d,  1859,  at  Owego, 
N.  Y.  He  was  connected  with  his  father  and  Charles  L. 
Pattison  in  the  banking  business  for  several  years  at  Elkland. 
He  is  now  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Reed  City, 
Mich.,  which  is  his  home.  They  had  three  children  : 

63  FRANK  A.,  born  October  151!!,  1883. 

64  J.  REED,  born  January  I2th,  1887. 

65  EDGAR,  born  October  i3th,  1890. 


61     Carrie  Elisabetb  Milltams,  daughter  o 

hurst,  Jr.  (56),  and  Rebecca  Kennedy,  born  August  5th,  1863, 
at  Elkland,  Pa. ;  married,  October  7th,  1886,  William  E. 
Williams,  and  resides  at  Reed  City,  Mich.  They  had  three 
children  : 

66  JULIA  R.,  born  October  i7th,  1887. 

67  HELEN,  born  March  igth,  1888;  died  May  29th,  1895. 

68  GLADYS  E.,  born  December  i2th,  1892. 


DANIEL    PARKHURST.  21 

62     jobn  Malter  parfcburst,  son  of  John  Parkhurst, 

Jr.  (56),  and  Rebecca  Kennedy,  born  August  gth,  1867,  at 
Elkland,  Pa.  ;  married,  October  i8th,  1888,  Helen  Duel  Moon, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Solomon  H.  Moon  and  Charlotte  Brandt. 
He  left  for  Reed  City,  Mich.,  soon  after  his  marriage,  to  en- 
gage in  the  banking  business  with  his  brother,  occupying 
the  position  of  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  that  city. 
They  had  two  children  : 

69  JOHN,  born  December  jth,  1889;  died  July  3ist,  1890. 

70  GERTRUDE  H.,  born  September  igth,  1891. 


58  30CI  0.  iParfcblirSt,  son  of  Dr.  John  Parkhurst,  Jr. 
(47),  and  Laura  Gleason,  born  December  i5th,  1828,  at  Rich- 
mond, N.  H.  ;  married,  April  28th,  1867,  Grace  L.  Lyman, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Harry  Lyman  and  Fanny  DeCorseau,  born 
October  i5th,  1835,  at  Roulette,  McKean  County,  Pa.  She 
resides  at  Springwater,  N.  Y.  He  died  August  i5th,  1877, 
at  Elkland,  Pa.  His  business  was  that  of  a  merchant  and 
lumberman,  in  which  he  was  actively  engaged  for  twenty-five 
years.  A  genial,  big-hearted  man,  with  many  friends.  They 
had  one  child  : 

71  LEON  A  M.,  born  January  29th,  1868  ;  married,  June  i8th, 
1884,  Ernest  W.  Brown. 


71  lUOna  flDaUfc  BrOWn,  daughter  of  Joel  G.  Parkhurst 
(58)  and  Grace  L.  Lyman,  born  January  2 9th,  1868,  at  Elk- 
land,   Pa.  ;    married,  June   i8th,    1884,   Ernest  W.   Brown,  a 
lawyer  at  Springwater,  N.  Y.     They  had  one  child  : 

72  ELNORA  M.,  born  April  nth,  1885. 


48  IDl\  IDatliel  JParfcbUrSt,  son  of  John  Parkhurst  (37) 
and  Sarah  Bullard,  born  May  6th,  1787,  at  Framingham, 
Mass.  On  October  23d,  1817,  he  married  Alma  Allen.  He 
died  at  his  father's  home  in  Springfield,  Pa.,  April  3d,  1819. 
They  had  no  children. 


22  JOSIAH    PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY. 


49  308tab  IParfcblirSt,  son  of  John  Parkhurst  (37)  and 
Sarah  Bullard,  born  March  i2th,  1789,  at  Marlboroiigh,  N. 
H.  ;  married,  1813,  Rachel  Harkness,  daughter  of  John 
Harkness  and  Rachel  McNall,  born  1794,  who  came  from 
Massachusetts  to  Springfield,  Pa.,  in  1806.  She  died  at 
Wankegan,  111.,  October  3ist,  1868.  His  first  farm  was  near 
that  of  his  father's,  in  Springfield,  which  he  sold  and  moved 
to  what  was  then  called  Addison  Hill,  near  Elkland,  Pa., 
where  he  lived  until  abont  1860.  He  then  left  for  the  West. 
He  died  at  Waukegan,  111.,  April  1882,  aged  ninety-three 
years.  They  had  eight  children,  all  born  at  Springfield,  Pa.  : 

73  NANCY,    born     1815  ;    married,    August,     1871,    Oliver 
Stephens.     She  died  September  i5th,  1887,  at  Toledo,  O. 

74  ELIZA  AMES,  born  1819;  resides  at  Waukegan,  111. 

75  DANIEL  DEXTER,  born  January  26th,  1821;  married, 
November  2ist,  1846,  Sarah  Lamb. 

76  BEEBY  BO  YD,  born  February  8th,  1824  5  married,  August 
2ist,  1848,  Emeline  Mack. 

77  CORDELIA,  born  January  i7th,  1827  ;  married,  Novem- 
ber 2d,  1845,  Horace  Chandler. 

78  HARRIET,  born  July  4th,  1830;  married,  November  2d, 
1865,  John  Wells  ;  resides  in  Toledo,  O. 

79  JOEL  C.,  born  1833  '  died  August  ist,  1865,  at  Elkland,  Pa. 

80  JANE,  born  1835  ;  died  in  1843. 


75    Daniel  H>exter  parfcburst,  son  of  josiah  Parkhurst 

(49)  and  Rachel  Harkness,  born  January  26th,  1821,  at  Spring- 
field, Pa.  ;  married,  November  2ist,  1846,  Sarah  Lamb,  of 
Troy,  Pa.  She  died  March  24th,  1894,  at  Toledo,  O.  He 
resides  at  Toledo,  O.  They  had  four  children  : 

8 1  SAMUEL  DEXTER,  born  December  7th,  1847  5  married, 
1874,  Ida  M.  Stratford. 

82  CURTIS  R.,   born   August   26th,    1849;  died  September, 
1850. 

83  EDWARD  H.,  born  January  i5th,  1854;  resides  in  Chica- 
go, 111. 

84  GRACE,  born  February  i5th,  1858;  resides  in  Toledo,  O. 


JOSIAH    PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY.  23 

si     Samuel  IDexter  iparfcburet,  son  of  Daniel  D.  park- 

hurst  (75)  and  Sarah  Lamb,  born  December  jth,  1847,  at 
Spring-field,  Pa.  ;  married,  March  24th,  1875,  Ida  M.  Strat- 
ford,  who  was  born  at  Rochelle,  111.,  May  7th,  1852.  His 
business  is  that  of  a  traveling  salesman,  and  he  resides  at 
Waukegan,  111.  They  had  three  children  : 

85  OLIVER    LELAND,    born    January    3ist,    1876;    died 
August  7th,   1876. 

86  FRANK  DEXTER,  born  March  ist,  1878. 

87  HAROLD  McLEAN,  born  August  nth,  1893. 


76  ®eeb$  B0\>t>  parfcbUr0t,  son  of  Josiah  Parkhurst 
(49)  and  Rachel  Harkness,  born  February  8th,  1824,  at  Spring- 
field, Pa.  ;  married,  Augiist  2ist,  1848,  Emeline  Mack,  at 
Addison,  Steuben  County,  N.  Y.  They  reside  at  Waukegan, 
111.  They  had  four  children  : 

88  IDA  A.,  born  October  i5th,  1849;  married,  January  i2th, 
1871,  J.  A.  Woodworth. 

89  EVA  M.,  born   June    4th,   1852  ;    married,  October   i8th, 
1  88  1,  John  R.  Lawrence. 

90  FRANK,  born    September  loth,   1856  ;    died  April   i3th, 
1859. 

91  NORA    A.,   born    September    I2th,    1862;    died   January 
1  2th,   1878. 


88  flfca  H.  WlOOfcWOrtb,  daughter  of  Beeby  B.  Parkhurst 
(76)  and  Emeline  Mack,  born  October  I5th,  1849,  at  Addison, 
N.  Y.  ;  married,  January  I2th,  1871,  James  A.  Woodworth, 
at  Rochelle,  111.  They  reside  at  Cofinne,  Utah.  They  had 
six  children  : 

92  LULA  MAY,  born  February  22d,   1872,  at  Rochelle,  111. 

93  JAMES    BEEBY,  born    March    5th,    1874,    at    Highland 
Park,  111. 

94  NEWTON    BOOTH,    born    February    25th,    1876;    died 
September  5th,   1880,  at  Cortland,  111. 

95  FRANK  LUCIUS,  born   March  25th,   1878;    died  April 
8th,  1890,  at  Highland  Park,  111. 


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96  IDA  PEARL,  born  April  27th,  1880,  at  Cortland,  111. 

97  VIRGINIA,  born  October  5th,  1888,  at  Highland  Park,  111. 


89  ]£va  fHX  HaWrenCe,  daughter  of  Beeby  B.  Parkhurst 
(76)  and  Emeline  Mack,  born  June  4th,  1852,  at  Addison,  N. 
Y.  ;  married,  October  i8th,  1881,  John  R.  Lawrence,  at  Cort- 
land, 111. ;  now  resides  at  Waukegan,  111.  They  had  two 
children  : 

98  NELLIE    EVALINE,    born    September    25th,    1882,    at 
Mechanicsville,   la. 

99  JOHN  ABBOTT,  born  May  29th,  1886,  at  Highland  Park, 
111.  ;  died  November  ist,  1886. 


77  COtfcelia  CbanMet,  daughter  of  Josiah  Parkhurst  (49) 
and  Rachel  Harkness,  born  January  I7th,  1827,  at  Spring- 
field, Pa.  ;  married,  November  2d,  1845,  Horace  Chandler,  at 
Sullivan,  Tioga  County,  Pa.  He  was  born  December  igth, 
1819,  in  Susquehanna  County,  Pa.  ;  died  at  Gurnee,  111., 
November  igth,  1878.  She  died  October  5th,  1885,  at 
Gurnee,  111.  They  had  two  children  : 

100  FELICIA  JANE,  born  May  27th,   1847,  at  Warren,  111.  ; 
died  November,  1847. 

101  ELLA  LOUISE,  born  June  3Oth,  1850;  married,  Decem- 
ber, 1 8th,  1867,  Henry  Shepard. 


101  J6lla  XOUteC   SbCparfc,  daughter  of  Horace  Chandler 
and  Cordelia  Parkhurst  (77),  born  June  3oth,  1850,  at  Warren, 
111.  ;  married,  December   i8th,  1867,  Henry   Shepard.     They 
reside  at  Waukegan,  111.,  having  a  summer  home  at  Gurnee, 
111.     They  had  one  child  : 

102  LOLA  ADELINE,  born  March  7th,  1878. 


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50  Sarab  flDarta  I6van0,  daughter  of  John  Parkhurst 
(37)  and  Sarah  Billiard,  born  April  loth,  1793,  at  Marlborough, 
N.  H.  ;  married,  September  5th,  1813,  William  Evans.  They 
came  with  her  father  to  Springfield,  Pa.,  in  the  fall  of  1813. 
The  two-story  frame  house,  that  was  built  about  1817,  is  still 
standing  (1897).  She  was  a  favorite  daughter,  had  the  same 
keen  blue  eyes,  sweet  disposition,  and  was  a  gentle  and 
patient  mother.  She  died  August  2ist,  1837,  at  Elkland,  Pa., 
and  a  few  years  later  her  body  was  removed  to  the  cemetery 
at  Addison,  N.  Y.  William  Evans  died  February  i6th,  1846, 
at  Lawrenceville,  Pa.  They  had  nine  children,  all  born  at 
Springfield,  Pa.  : 

103  ELIZA  ANN,  born  November  i7th,  1816;  died  January 
1  8th,  1818. 

104  SARAH  MARIA,  born  September  i6th,   1818;  married, 
August  24th,  1842,  Dr.  Reuben  P.  Brown. 

105  ALLISON  H.,  born  May  4th,   1821  ;  married  (ist),  May, 
1846,  Abigail  Haven;  (2d)  July  6th,  1849,  Laura  Haven. 

106  HARRY  BALDWIN,  born   November  i8th,   1823;    died 
May  30th,  1825. 

107  JOHN   PARKHURST,  born  June  nth,  1826;  died  Sep- 
tember, 1826. 

1  08      MARTHA   ROSETTA,   born  June   5th,    1827;    married, 

September  5th,  1849,  Thomas  J.  Lake. 
109      MARY  E.,   born   September  27th,   1830;    died  December 

9th,  1830. 
no      WILLIAM  MICAJAH,  born  December  2ist,  1831;  mar- 

ried, December  6th,  1860,  Harriet  McNair. 
in       CURTIS  PARKHURST,  born  November  3d,  1834;  mar- 

ried, April  1  7th,  1856,  Lydia  A.  Bennett. 


104  Sarab  flDarta  SBrOWU,  daughter  of  William  Evans 
and  Sarah  Maria  Parkhurst  (50),  born  September  i6th,  1818, 
at  Springfield,  Pa.  ;  married,  August  24th,  1842,  Dr.  Reuben 
P.  Brown.  He  was  born  April  ist,  1818,  at  Springfield,  Pa. 
At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  began  the  study  of  medicine,  and 
graduated  from  Hobart  Medical  College,  Geneva,  N.  Y.  In 


26  SARAH    MARIA    EVANS    AND    FAMILY. 

1849  ne  settled  at  Addison,  N.  Y.,  where  he  practiced  medi- 
cine continuously  for  forty  years,  to  the  time  of  his  death, 
which  occurred  September  i5th,  1885.  He  was  one  of  the 
most  successful  physicians  in  that  section  of  the  state.  Always 
as  ready  to  visit  the  poor  as  the  rich,  his  loss  to  the  commu- 
nity was  deeply  felt.  He  was  survived  seven  years  by  his 
wife,  who  died  at  Addison,  July  3Oth,  1892.  They  had  three 
children,  two  born  at  Springfield,  Pa.,  and  Gertrude  M.,  born 
at  Addison,  N.  Y.  : 

112  SARAH  H.,  born  December  22d,  1843;  died  i11  1848. 

113  RUSH  P.,  born  December  i4th,  1847;  married  June  2d, 
1869,  Georgie  N.  Cowley. 

114  GERTRUDE  M.,  born   November    i4th,    1851;    married, 
October,  1870,  A.  H.  Erwin. 


113  2Dt,  1RU0b  p.  BrOWU,  son  of  Dr.  Reuben  P.  Brown 
and  Sarah  Maria  Evans  (104),  born  December  i4th,  1847,  a^ 
Springfield,  Pa.  He  gradiiated  at  New  York  University 
Medical  College  in  1873.  He  was  associated  with  his  father 
several  years  prior  to  his  death.  On  June  2d,  1869,  he  mar- 
ried Georgie  N.  Cowley,  daughter  of  Calvin  Cowley  and 
Mary  Millard,  who  was  born  at  Lawrenceville,  Pa.,  February 
loth,  1849.  They  reside  at  Addison,  N.  Y.  They  had  one 
child  : 

115       MILLARD  R.,  born  July  24th,  1870;  resides  at  Addison. 


114  (SertrUfcC  fID.  lErWin,  daughter  of  Dr.  Reuben  P. 
Brown  and  Sarah  Maria  Evans  (104),  born  November  i4th, 
1851,  at  Addison,  N.  Y.  ;  married,  October,  1870,  Arthur  H. 
Erwin.  She  died  December  28th,  1889,  at  her  home  in  Ad- 
dison. They  had  two  children  : 

116  AGNES  M.,   born   July   23d,    1871  ;  married,   June    i5th, 
1892,  Allen  M.  Munroe. 

117  FRANCES  G.,  born  September  4th,  1872;  married,  May 
1 8th,  1892,  V.  Willard  Tyler. 


SARAH    MARIA    EVANS    AND    FAMILY.  2J 

116       a$nC8  fflX  flDunrOC,  daughter  of   A.    H.    Erwin  and 

Gertrude   M.  Brown  (114),  born  July  23d,  1871,  at  Addison, 

N.    Y.  ;    married,    June    i5th,    1892,  Allen    M.   Munroe,  of 
Buffalo,  N.   Y. 


<5.  £\>lCr,  daughter  of  A.  H.  Erwin  and  Ger- 
trude M.  Brown  (114),  born  September  4th,  1872,  at  Addison, 
N.  Y.  ;  married,  May  i8th,  1892,  V.  Willard  Tyler,  of  Buffalo, 
N.  Y. 


105  HlliSOn  1b.  l£van0,  son  of  William  Evans  and  Sarah 
Maria  Parkhurst  (50),  born  May  4th,  1821,  at  Springfield, 
Pa.  ;  married  (ist),  May,  1846,  Abigail  Haven.  She  died 
April  23d,  1848,  leaving  a  babe  five  weeks  old.  Married  (2d), 
July  6th,  1849,  Laura  M.  Haven.  She  died  November  i9th, 
1882,  at  Lawrenceville,  Pa.  He  died  March  i6th,  1881,  at 
Lawrenceville,  Pa.  He  had  one  child  by  his  first  wife  and 
five  children  by  his  second  wife  : 

118  ALLENA  M.,  born  March  i7th,  1848;  married  (ist),  May 
4th,  1873,  James  M.  Harrison  ;  (2d)  October  6th,  1894,  Marcus 
T.  Nye. 

119  ALTON  C.,  born  March  gth,   1852;  married,  April  22d, 
1875,  Phebe  D.  Lugg. 

120  FRANK  E.,  born  January  27th,  1854;  married  (ist),  April 
1 2th,   1881,  Ida  M.   Hazlett ;    (2d)  January  7th,  1891,  Jessie 
Swift. 

121  HATTIE  R.,  born  December  4th,  1862  ;  married,  January 
24th,  1883,  G.  E.  Haven. 

122  NETTIE  L.,  born  September  9th,  1866;  married,  Novem- 
ber 3d,  1884,  Dr.  M.  R.  Pritchard. 

NELLIE  H.,  born  June  2ist,  1868;  died  July  27th,  1872. 


118  Hllena  flIX  IbarrieOn,  daughter  of  Allison  H.  Evans 
(105)  and  Abigail  Haven,  born  March  I7th,  1848,  at  Law- 
renceville, Pa.  ;  married  (ist),  May  4th,  1873,  James  M. 


28  SARAH    MARIA    EVANS    AND    FAMILY. 

Harrison  ;  (ad)  October  6th,  1894,  Marcus  T.  Nye.    She  had 
four  children  by  her  first  husband  : 

123  HATTIE  L.,  born  February  5th,  1875,  at  Deerfield,  Pa.; 
died  November  i6th,  1880. 

124  STELLA  M.,  born  October  4th,   1876;  married,   August 
loth,  1895,  William  E.  Nye. 

125  ROYAL  WESLEY,  born  February  27th,    1885,  at  Law- 
renceville,  Pa. 

126  JAMES  H.,   born   June   25th,   1886,  at  Elmer,   Pa.  ;   died 
June  28th,  1886. 


HltOtl  (L  I6van6t  son  of  Allison  H.  Evans  (105)  and 
Laura  M.  Haven,  born  March  gth,  1852,  at  Lawrenceville, 
Pa.  ;  married,  April  22d,  1875,  at  Nelson,  Pa.,  Phebe  D.  Lugg, 
daughter  of  Robert  S.  and  Rebecca  Lugg.  He  is  a  farmer 
and  resides  at  Lindley,  N.  Y.  They  had  two  children,  born 
at  Lawrenceville,  Pa.  : 

127  LEAH  R.,  born  March  27th,  1876. 

128  DOLLIE,  born  June  i8th,  1887. 


120  Jtanfc  I6«  J6\>an0,  son  of  Allison  H.  Evans  (105)  and 
Laura  M.  Haven,  born  January  27th,  1854,  at  Lawrenceville, 
Pa.;  married  (ist),  April  i2th,  1881,  Ida  M.  Hazlett.  She 
died  March  gth,  1884.  Married  (2d),  January  7th,  1891, 
Jessie  Swift.  She  died  December  22d,  1894.  He  is  a  farmer 
and  resides  at  Nelson,  Pa.  He  had  two  children,  Vera  M., 
by  his  first  wife,  and  Norma  Bell,  by  his  second  wife  : 

129  VERA  M.,  died  January  i2th,  1886,  aged  two  years  and 
eleven  months. 

130  NORMA  BELL,  born  October  7th,  1894. 


121  IbattlC  1R.  1ba\>en,  daughter  of  Allison  H.  Evans 
(105)  and  Laiira  M.  Haven,  born  December  4th,  1862,  at 
Lawrenceville,  Pa. ;  married,  January  24th,  1883,  G.  E. 
Haven.  They  reside  in  Elmira,  N.  Y. 


SARAH    MARIA    EVANS    AND    FAMILY.  29 


122  flettte  X.  prttCbarfc,  daughter  of  Allison  H.  Evans 
(105)  and  Laura  M.  Haven,  born  September  gth,  1866,  at 
Lawrenceville,  Pa.  ;  married,  November  3d,  1884,  Dr.  M.  R. 
Pritchard.  They  reside  at  Harrison  Valley,  Pa.  They  had 
four  children  : 

131  OTTO  L.,  born  June  24th,  1886;  died  March  a8th,  1887. 

132  VERA,  born  April  24th,  1888;  died  November  5th,  1889. 

133  FLORENCE,  born  November  27th,  1890. 

134  GLENN  EVAN,  born  February  2oth,  1894. 


108  fIDartba  IROSCtta  Xafce,  daughter  of  William  Evans 
and  Sarah  Maria  Parkhurst  (50),  born  June  5th,  1827,  at 
Springfield,  Pa.  ;  married,  September  5th,  1849,  Thomas  J. 
Lake.  He  was  a  merchant  a  few  years.  His  life  was  oc- 
cupied in  teaching,  a  calling  he  was  very  successful  in.  He 
was  an  ordained  minister  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  ; 
was  postmaster  at  Athens,  Ala.,  for  five  years ;  served  in  the 
civil  war  two  years.  They  reside  at  Bartow,  Fla.  They 
had  seven  children  : 

135  WILTON     HAMILTON,    born    October    5th,    1850,    at 
Hartford,     Pa.  ;  married,    August     29th,     1893,     Annie     M. 
Anderson. 

136  SELWYN,  born    February    22d,   1852,  at    Elkland,    Pa.  ; 
died  October  2oth,  1868. 

137  LUCIA  MARIA,  born  April  24th,  1854,  at  Elkland,  Pa.  ; 
married,  November  4th,  1873,  Edgar  E.  Webster. 

138  CLARA    E.,    born  July    nth,   1856,  at  Addison,  N.   Y.  ; 
died  May  i8th,  1857. 

139  ELBERT  S.,  born   February  4th,  1863,  at  Austin,  Minn.  ; 
resides  at  Bartow,  Fla. 

140  ARTHUR    EDWARD,    born    February    iith,    1867,    at 
Austin,  Minn. ;  died  October  ist,  1867. 

141  EDWARD    NELSON,  born  June   i3th,  1869,  at  Austin, 
Minn.  ;  resides  in  Chicago,  111.    He  is  an  electrician  and  civil 
engineer. 


30  SARAH    MARIA    EVANS    AND    FAMILY. 


135  TOiltOtl  IbamiltOtl  ILa^e,  son  of  Thomas  J.  Lake  and 
Martha  R.  Evans  (108),  born  October  5th,  1850,  at  Hartford, 
Pa.  ;  married,  August  29th,  1893,  Annie  M.  Anderson, 
daughter  of  Henry  VanVoorhis  and  Rachel  Demorest,  born 
in  New  York  City,  N.  Y.,  October  gth,  1855.  He  is  a  car- 
penter and  resides  at  Bartow,  Fla. 


137  lUCia  flDarta  MefcStCr,  daughter  of  Thomas  J.  Lake 
and  Martha  R.  Evans  (108),  born  April  24th,  1854,  at  Elkland, 
Pa. ;  married,  November  4th,  1873,  Edgar  E.  Webster,  son  of 
Levi  Webster  and  Mary  P.  Smith.  He  served  twenty-one 
months  in  the  army.  His  present  business  is  lumbering.  He 
owns  and  operates  a  steam  saw  mill  near  Bartow,  Fla.  They 
had  seven  children  : 

142  CLARA  MABEL,  born  August  24th,  1874. 

143  ARTHUR  LAKE,  born  October  22d,  1877. 

144  HERBERT  WARREN,  born  July  8th,  1880. 

145  EDGAR  E.,  born  May  i6th,  1882. 

146  LUCIA  BELLE,  born  March  23d,  1888. 

147  L.  SELWYN,  born  September  i8th,  1892. 

148  BENJAMIN  HARRISON,  born  July  i9th,  1895. 


no  William  flDlCajab  EvanS,  son  of  William  Evans 
and  Sarah  Maria  Parkhurst  (50),  born  December  2ist,  1831, 
at  Springfield,  Pa.  ;  married,  December  6th,  1860,  Harriet  H. 
McNair,  daughter  of  Hugh  McNair  and  Mary  Fowler,  born 
in  Livingston  County,  N.  Y.,  December  2d,  1833,  and  died 
at  Amherst,  Va.,  October  23d,  1881.  He  now  lives  at  Amherst, 
Va.  They  had  three  children  : 

149  OTTO  LOUIS,  born  November  i2th,  1861,  at  Lyons,  la.  ; 
married,  December  8th,  1891,  Mary  Randolph. 

150  MARY  FOWLER,  born  May  2ist,  1865,  at  Elmira,  N.  Y.  ; 
married,  March  i5th,  1892,  William  Dillard. 

151  WILLIAM  HUGH,  born  July  8th,  1875,  at  Castile,  N.  Y. 


SARAH    MARIA    EVANS   AND    FAMILY.  31 

149  (§>ttO  lOUiB  l£\>an0,  son  of  William  Micajah  Evans 
(no)  and  Harriet  H.  McNair,  born  November  i2th,  1861, 
at  Lyons,  la.  ;  married,  December  8th,  1891,  Mary  Randolph, 
daughter  of  Peyton  Randolph  and  Mary  E.  Fisher,  born  in 
Greenbrier  County,  W.  Va.,  August  2ist,  1870.  They  had 
two  children  : 

152  PEYTON  RANDOLPH,  born  October  i8th,  1892. 

153  HARRIET  McNAIR,  born  September  loth,  1894. 


150  flDarp  JfOWlet  SHllarfc,  daughter  of  William  Micajah 
Evans  (no)  and  Harriet  H.  McNair,  born  May  2ist,  1865, 
at  Elmira,  N.  Y. ;  married,  March  i5th,  1892,  Judge  William 
Dillard,  son  of  General  Jerisha  Washington  Dillard,  born  in 
Amherst  County,  Va.,  August  2^d,  1846.  They  had  one 
child  : 

154      WILLIAM  EVANS,  born  February  iith,  1893. 


in  (EurtiS  !ParfcbUr0t  JEvane,  son  of  William  Evans 
and  Sarah  Maria  Parkhurst  (50),  born  at  Springfield,  Pa., 
November  3d,  1834;  married,  April  lyth,  1856,  Lydia  A. 
Bennett,  daughter  of  John  W.  Bennett  and  Elizabeth  Shoff, 
born  December  i8th,  1834,  in  New  Hampshire.  They  now 
reside  at  Elk  land,  Pa.  His  business  is  that  of  a  carpenter 
and  builder.  They  had  three  children  : 

155  ELIZABETH  S.,  born  March   i2th,  1857;  married,  May 
24th,  1882,  Franklin  B.  Orser. 

156  BERTHA  H.,  born  August  28th,  1865  5  married,  Decem- 
ber 24th,  1890,  Charles  E.  Smith. 

157  CURTIS  P.,    Jr.,    born  October  25th,   1877.      He  resides 
at  Elkland,  Pa. 


155  Elisabeth  S.  ©tSer,  daughter  of  Curtis  Parkhurst 
Evans  (in)  and  Lydia  A.  Bennett,  born  March  i2th,  1857, 
at  Elkland,  Pa.  ;  married,  May  24th,  1882,  Franklin  B.  Orser. 
They  had  one  child  : 

158       MARION  O.,  born  January  i5th,  1890. 


32  CURTIS    PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY. 


51  2>r,  Curtt9  IParfcbUr^t,  son  of  John  Parkhurst  (37) 
and  Sarah  Billiard,  was  born  July  ad,  1794,  at  Marlborough, 
N.  H.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  began  to  teach  school,  study- 
ing in  the  meantime  to  prepare  himself  for  college.  He 
graduated  from  Dartmouth  Medical  College  at  Hanover,  N. 
H.,  in  1819.  He  settled  at  Lawrence  vi  lie,  Pa.,  and  at  once 
began  the  practice  of  his  profession.  After  ten  years  of  active 
work,  ill  health  compelled  him  to  retire  from  general  practice. 

In  1828-9  he  represented  the  counties  of  Lycoming,  Potter, 
McKean  and  Tioga,  in  the  Legislature.  In  1829-30  Bradford 
and  Tioga  Counties  formed  a  district,  and  he  was  their  repre- 
sentative. In  1840  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Tioga  Count}', 
and  served  from  1841  until  1844. 

On  the  1  5th  day  of  March,  1847,  Francis  P.  Shenk, 
Governor  of  Pennsylvania,  appointed  him  to  be  the  Associate 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  Tioga  County  for 
five  years.  He  was  largely  instrumental  in  the  building  of 
the  Tioga  railroad,  from  Corning,  N.  Y.,  to  Blossburg,  -Pa., 
as  an  outlet  for  the  Blossburg  coal  mines,  in  which  Ex- 
Governor  Horatio  Seymour,  of  Deerfield,  N.  Y.,  and  others, 
were  interested  as  co-partners. 

While  sheriff  he  lived  at  Wellsboro,  and  while  there  the 
first  Presbyterian  meeting  in  that  village  was  held  in  the 
court  house,  his  wife  (our  mother)  ringing  the  court  house 
bell  for  the  service.  Soon  after  a  Presbyterian  church  was 
established  there,  in  which  he  took  a  great  interest.  He  often 
lectured,  and  was  a  ready  speaker  and  debater.  A  sturdy 
Democrat  in  politics,  he  kept  himself  well  informed  on  all 
topics  of  the  day.  He  was  a  quiet  and  retiring  man  in  man- 
ner, and  a  life-long  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

On  November  nth,  1830,  he  married  Jane  Ann  Kasson,  of 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.  She  was  born  at  North  Adams,  Mass.,  April 
5th,  1811,  the  daughter  of  Ambrose  Kasson  and  Laura  Hall. 
Her  parents  moved  to  Syracuse  about  1816,  and  later  to 
Deerfield,  N.  Y.  Her  grandfather  was  Calvin  Hall,  of  Chester, 
Mass.,  who  was  born  in  1760.  He  served  twice  in  the  Revo- 
lution :  at  Fort  Ann,  on  Lake  Champlain,  in  1777,  in  Colonel 


CURTIS    PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY.  33 

John  Brown's  regiment,  and  in  the  same  regiment  in  1780, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  the  battle  of  Stone  Arabia,  N.  Y., 
October  iQth,  1780,  in  which  the  colonel  and  forty  of  his 
regiment  were  killed. 

Curtis  Parkhnrst  died  at  the  homestead  in  Lawrenceville, 
Pa.,  on  June  5th,  1872.  He  was  survived  fifteen  years  by  his 
wife,  who  died  at  Lawrenceville,  October  aoth,  1887.  Theirs 
was  no  easy  task,  in  a  new  country,  to  faithfully  rear  a  large 
family.  That  they  conscientiously  fulfilled  their  trust  is 
amply  evidenced  by  the  traditions  of  sixty  years,  and  grate- 
fully acknowledged  by  their  descendants.  They  had  eight 
children  : 

159  KASSON,  born   March    i2th,   1832;    married,  September 
nth,  1855,  Harriet  Mills. 

1 60  SEELY,  born  April  2d,  1834;  died  August  i3th,  1836. 

161  HELEN,  born  February  i7th,   1837;  married,  November 
5th,  1859,  Gabriel  T.  Harrower. 

162  ELIZA  FORD,  born  February  8th,  1840;  married,  January 
ist,  1 86 1,  Wilbur  W.  Fish. 

163  JOHN   FOSTER,  born  February  lyth,  1843  5  married,  July 
22d,  1886,  Alice  McMaster. 

164  JAY  CURTIS,  born  June  26th,   1845;  married,  May  3d, 
1870,  Caroline  Williams. 

165  CATHERINE  SEELY,  born  May  i8th,    1847;  married, 
February  I5th,  1883,  Hugh  McFadden. 

166  GABRIEL    HARROWER,    born    February    i4th,    1849; 
married,  September  gth,  1891,  Lillian  O.  Hollo  way. 


159  1Ra090n  JParfcbUrSt,  son  of  Curtis  Parkhurst  (51)  and 
Jane  Ann  Kasson,  born  March  i2th,  1832,  at  Lawrenceville, 
Pa.;  married  (ist),  September  nth,  1855,  Harriet  Mills, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Sidney  and  Laura  Mills.  She  died  March  23d, 
1858,  leaving  a  baby  boy  six  months  old.  Married  (2d), 
January  2d,  1861,  Mary  Kinsey.  She  died  August  6th,  1885. 
There  were  no  children  by  the  second  marriage.  He  studied 
law  with  Judge  John  Ryan,  was  admitted  to  practice  when 
twenty-two  years  of  age.  His  early  death,  June  3d,  1863,  cut 


34  CURTIS    PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY. 

short  a  professional  career  that  promised  to  win  honors.     He 
had  one  child  by  his  first  marriage  : 

167       EDWIN  KASSON,  born  September  ad,  1857  ;  died  August 
1  4th,  1880. 


ibelen  iparfcburet  Ibarrower,  daughter  of  Curtis 

Parkhurst  (51)  and  Jane  Ann  Kasson,  born  February  lyth, 
1837,  at  Lawrenceville,  Pa.  ;  married,  November  5th,  1859, 
Col.  Gabriel  T.  Harrower.  He  was  born  September  25th, 
1816,  at  Guilford,  Chenango  County,  N.  Y.  In  his  childhood 
he  moved  to  Lindley,  N.  Y.,  where  the  greater  part  of  his  life 
was  spent,  largely  engaged  in  lumbering  and  farming.  In 
1852  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Steiiben  County,  and  in  1862 
was  active  in  raising  the  i6ist  Regiment  of  New  York  Infantry, 
of  which  he  was  commissioned  the  colonel.  He  was  assigned 
to  the  department  of  the  Gulf.  He  was  brevetted  Brigadier- 
General  for  gallant  and  meritorious  service  in  the  field.  In 
1871  he  was  elected  to  the  state  senate,  where  he  served  two 
years.  He  was  a  communicant  in  the  Presbyterian  church. 
He  died  August  i5th,  1895,  at  Lawrenceville,  Pa.  He  had 
four  children  by  this  marriage  : 

1  68      DAVID  CURTIS,  born  September  gth,  1862  ;  resides  at 
Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  and  is  a  lawyer. 

169  CATHERINE,    born    September    i7th,   1860;    resides  at 
Lawrenceville,  Pa. 

170  FRANK    PARKHURST,    born    September    5th,    1865; 
married,  February  i8th,  1890,  Kate  E.  Jones. 

171  ANTOINETTE,     born    October    3ist,    1868;    resides    at 
Lawrenceville,  Pa. 


170    if  rank  jparfcburst  Ibarrower,  son  of  Gabriel  T. 

Harrower  and  Helen  Parkhurst  (161),  born  September  5th, 
1865,  at  Lawrenceville,  Pa. ;  married,  February  i8th,  1890,  Kate 
E.  Jones,  daughter  of  Edgar  Jones  and  Sarah  M.  Esty.  She  was 
born  October  26th,  1868,  at  Fall  Brook,  Pa.  They  reside  at 
Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  where  he  has  charge  of  the  collection 
department  in  his  brother's  law  office.  They  had  one  child  : 
172  CURTIS  GABRIEL,  born  August  i6th,  1894. 


CURTIS    PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY.  35 


162  jeil3a  |parftbUr0t  jfieb,  daughter  of  Curtis  Parkhurst 
(51)  and  Jane  Ann  Kasson,  born  February  8th,  1840,  at 
Lawrence  vi  lie,  Pa.  ;  married,  January  ist,  1861,  Wilbur 
Wheeler  Fish,  son  of  Joseph  Fish  and  Lucia  Field,  born 
August  9th,  1834,  at  Tioga,  Pa.  In  1859  he  started  in  the 
mercantile  business  at  Great  Valley,  N.  Y.  In  1862  he  went 
to  East  Saginaw,  Mich.,  where  he  carried  on  a  large  wholesale 
and  retail  store  until  1872,  when  he  retired  from  business 
temporarily,  but  in  1878  located  in  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  continuing 
the  dry-goods  business  until  1892,  when  he  retired.  He 
started  for  a  trip  around  the  world  with  his  family  in  1892. 
After  reaching  Japan,  Mrs.  Fish's  Jll  health  necessitated  the 
abandonment  of  the  trip.  They  returned  home  with  their 
son,  Edwin  C.,  the  elder  son,  Wilbur  P.,  continuing.  The 
first  three  children  were  born  at  Saginaw,  Mich.,  and  Edwin 
Cook  at  Lawrenceville,  Pa.  They  had  four  children  : 

173  Son,  born  March  i3th,  1868;  died  March  3<Dth,  1868. 

174  WILBUR    PARKHURST,    born    February    22d,    1869; 
married,  September  4th,  1894,  Susan  D.  Church. 

175  FOSTER    PARKHURST,    born    February    i5th,    1872; 
died  May  5th,  1872.. 

176  EDWIN    COOK,  born   February   2oth,    1876;    resides  at 
Elmira,  N.  Y.     He  is  an  organist  and  teacher  of  music. 


174  Wilbur  parfcbUrSt  JftSb,  son  of  Wilbur  Wheeler 
Fish  and  Eliza  Ford  Parkhurst  (162),  born  February  22d, 
1869,  at  East  Saginaw,  Mich.  ;  married,  September  4th,  1894, 
Susan  Dudley  Church,  daughter  of  Edwin  L.  Church  and 
Augusta  Bull,  born  at  Bath,  N.  Y.,  December  5th,  1872.  He 
graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1892,  and  made  the  trip  around 
the  world  in  1892-3.  He  studied  law  in  the  office  of  John 
F.  Parkhurst,  his  uncle,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1895. 
He  is  now  practicing  law  in  Bath,  N.  Y.  He  was  appointed 
United  States  Loan  Commissioner  for  Steuben  County  by 
Governor  Black  in  1897. 


36  CURTIS    PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY. 

163     3obn  Jfoster  parfcburst,  son  of  Curtis 

(51)  and  Jane  Ann  Kasson,  born  February  lyth,  1843,  at. 
Wellsboro,  Pa.  He  received  his  education  at  Lawrenceville, 
Pa.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he  moved  to  Bath,  N.  Y.,  and 
began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Judge  Guy  H.  Mc- 
Master.  Two  years  later  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  at 
once  began  the  practice  of  his  profession.  In  1872  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  Judge  McMaster,  which  lasted  until  the 
death  of  the  latter  in  1887.  The  firm  enjoyed  a  large  and 
important  practice  in  both  state  and  federal  courts,  John  F. 
devoting  his  especial  attention  for  many  years  to  bankruptcy 
and  equity  cases  in  the  United  States  courts.  Among  the 
important  cases  siiccessfully  carried  through  tire  state  courts 
by  him  was  that  of  Griffith  Jones  against  the  Bradford  Oil 
Company,  in  which,  after  seven  years  of  litigation  and  three 
jury  trials,  the  client  recovered  three  hundred  acres  of  oil  land, 
valued  at  several  hundred  thousand  dollars,  by  virtue  of  a  tax 
title  which  cost  him  less  than  fifty  cents  an  acre.  Another 
important  case  was  that  of  Silvey  against  Lindsey,  in  which 
the  Court  of  Appeals  passed  upon  the  constitutional  right  of 
the  thousand  or  more  inmates  of  the  New  York  State  Soldiers' 
and  Sailors'  Home  to  acquire  a  voting  residence  in  the  town 
of  Bath.  In  1891  he  was  associate  counsel  for  the  Republican 
senators  in  the  famous  mandamus  cases. 

He  has  been  always  an  earnest  and  active  Republican. 
Since  1889  he  has  been  chairman  of  the  Republican  com- 
mittee of  Steuben  County,  and  since  1890  has  represented 
the  Twenty-ninth  Congressional  District,  comprising  the 
counties  of  Steuben,  Chemung,  Schuyler  and  Seneca,  in  the 
Republican  State  committee,  of  whose  executive  committee 
he  is  also  a  member.  He  was  delegate  to  the  Republican 
National  Conventions  of  1888,  1892  and  1896.  He  has  edited 
The  Steuben  Courier  since  1890;  is  a  stockholder  and  vice- 
president  of  the  Farmers'  and  Mechanics'  Bank,  of  Bath,  and 
vice-president  of  the  Bath  and  Hammondsport  Railroad  Com- 
pany. He  was  delegate-at-large  to  the  New  York  State  Con- 
stitutional Convention  in  1894,  in  which  he  served  as  a 


CURTIS   PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY.  37 

member  of  the  judiciary  and  suffrage  committees,  and  as 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  county,  town  and  village 
officers.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Empire  State  Society  of 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  and  an  elder  and  trustee 
in  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity.  He  has  traveled  extensively  in  Europe.  On  one 
of  his  trips  abroad  he  visited  the  place  called  "  Parkhurst," 
on  the  Isle  of  Wight,  where  our  ancestors  many  centuries  ago 
made  their  home.  He  is  now  a  Judge  of  the  State  Court  of 
Claims,  having  been  appointed  by  Governor  Black  in  1897 
for  a  term  of  six  years.  He  heard  and  decided  as  referee  the 
great  litigations  between  the  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company, 
of  New  York,  and  David  C.  Robinson,  of  Elmira,  N.  Y., 
involving  a  million  and  a  half  dollars. 

On  July  2 ad,  1886,  he  married  Alice  McMaster,  daughter 
of  Guy  H.  McMaster  and  Amanda  Church,  who  was  born  in 
Bath,  N.  Y.,  October  3Oth,  1860.  They  had  two  children  : 

177  JULIET,  born  June  29th,  1887  ;  died  December  4th,  1888. 

178  GUY  McMASTER,  born  September  26th,  1889. 


164  3a$  CurttS  ffmrfcbUr0t,  son  of  Curtis  Parkhurst  (51) 
and  Jane  Ann  Kasson,  born  June  26th,  1845,  at  Lawrence- 
ville,  Pa.  ;  married  (ist),  May  3d,  1870,  at  East  Saginaw,  Mich., 
Caroline  Williams,  daughter  of  Ellery  G.  Williams  and 
Caroline  Lyon,  born  September  i5th,  1846,  at  Canandaigua, 
N.  Y.  She  died  May  i4th,  1888,  at  Lawrenceville,  Pa.  Mar- 
ried (ad),  June  29th,  1893,  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Goertner  E. 
Mumford,  daughter  of  the  late  Sylvester  and  Teresa  Mumford, 
of  Waynesville,  Ga.  In  1862  he  went  to  East  Saginaw,  Mich., 
with  his  brother-in-law,  W.  W.  Fish.  Ten  years  later  he  en- 
gaged in  business  for  himself,  but  poor  health  soon  compelled 


38  CURTIS    PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY. 

him  to  abandon  active  business.  He  returned  to  Lawrence- 
ville,  where  he  has  resided  for  the  past  twenty  years.  He  is 
an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church.  His  two  sons  reside  in 
Bath — John  Foster,  2d,  confidential  clerk  to  General  Wm.  F. 
Rogers,  at  the  New  York  State  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Home, 
and  Fred  W.,  official  stenographer  of  the  Surrogate's  court 
and  for  his  uncle,  John  F.  Parkhurst.  He  had  six  children 
by  his  first  wife,  of  which  the  first  three  were  born  at  Saginaw, 
Mich.,  and  the  last  three  at  Lawrenceville,  Pa.  : 

179  BESSIE  B.,  born  July  loth,  1871  ;  died  October  i/Lth,  1873. 

1 80  JOHN  FOSTER,  2d,  born  August  26th,  1873;  resides  at 
Bath,  N.  Y. 

181  FREDERICK    WILLIAMS,    born   August    i4th,    1875; 
resides  at  Bath,  N.  Y. 

182  JAMES  B.,  born  June  i4th,  1878;  died  June  i7th,  1878. 

183  ISABEL    W.,  born  September   i7th,   1880;    died  August 
25th,  1 88 1. 

184  KATHARINE  M.,  born  September  3d,  1883. 


165     Catherine  iparfcbum  flDcjfafcfcen,   daughter  of 

Curtis  Parkhurst  (51)  and  Jane  Ann  Kasson,  born  May  i8th, 
1847,  at  Lawrenceville,  Pa.  ;  married,  February  i5th,  1883, 
Hugh  McFadden,  son  of  Benjamin  McFadden  and  Martha  E. 
Harper.  He  was  born  December  23d,  1846,  at  Sterling, 
Cayuga  County,  N.  Y.  His  early  life  was  spent  on  the  farm. 
He  attended  the  Falley  Seminary  at  Fulton,  N.  Y.,  three 
years.  In  March,  1868,  he  went  to  DeKalb  County,  111.  In 
1875  he  engaged  in  the  wholesale  cigar  and  tobacco  business 
at  Blobmington,  111.,  which  he  continued  for  eight  years.  In 
1884  he  removed  to  Danville,  111.,  engaging  in  the  drug 
business.  In  August,  1891,  he  removed  to  Chicago,  111., 


CURTIS    PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY.  39 

where  he  opened  a  loan  and  collection  office.  He  is  a  lawyer 
by  profession,  admitted  to  the  Cook  County  bar  June  12th, 
1895.  They  reside  at  6838  Sherman  street,  Chicago,  111. 
They  had  three  children,  the  first,  Joel  P.,  was  born  at 
Lawrenceville,  Pa.,  and  the  others  at  Danville,  111.  : 

185  JOEL  PARKHURST,  born  December  5th,  1883. 

1 86  BENJAMIN  CURTIS,  born  March  iyth,  1885. 

187  EDWIN  COOK,  born  October  3d,  1887. 


1 66     (Babriel  Ibarrower  iparfcburet,  son  of  Curtis 

hurst  (51)  and  Jane  Ann  Kasson,  born  February  I4th,  1849, 
at  Lawrenceville,  Pa. ;  married,  September  gth,  1891,  at  Fort 
Worth,  Texas,  Lillian  O.  Holloway,  daughter  of  Jesse  R. 
Holloway  and  Laura  Canady,  who  was  born  at  Georgetown, 
111.,  October  i9th,  1868.  They  had  one  child,  a  son,  born 
August  aoth,  1896,  and  died  the  same  day.  The  mother  died 
two  days  later,  and  was  buried  at  Lawrenceville,  Pa.  She 
was  a  woman  of  true  Christian  character,  with  a  bright,  sunny 
disposition,  which  won  her  many  friends  and  made  her 
beloved  by  all  who  knew  her. 

In  1883  he  entered  into  partnership  with  N.  J.  Thompson 
and  opened  the  first  strictly  jobbing  house  for  hats  and  caps 
in  Elmira,  N.  Y.  After  five  years  he  sold  his  interest  to 
his  partner  and  went  to  El  Dorado,  Kan.,  where  he,  with 
others,  organized  the  Merchants'  National  Bank,  of  which  he 
was  elected  vice-president,  and  was  actively  engaged  in  the 
management  of  the  bank  until  January,  1896,  when  he  re- 
signed and  retired  from  active  business.  He  is  now  a  partner 
in  the  El  Dorado  Mining  Company,  at  Robinson,  Colo.,  an(] 
is  a  member  of  the  Empire  State  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution.  He  now  resides  at  Bath,  N.  Y. 


40  DEXTER    PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY. 

52     2>r.  Dexter  parfcburst,  son  of  John  Parkhm-st  (37) 

and  Sarah  Bnllard,  born  September  2ist,  1797,  at  Marl- 
borough,  N.  H.  ;  married,  July  4th,  1823,  Marian  Speer.  She 
was  born  August  27th,  1801.  He  located  at  Mansfield, 
Tioga  County,  Pa.,  where  he  had  an  extensive  practice  for 
many  years.  In  1836  he  moved  to  Mainsburg,  Pa.,  on  his 
farm,  where  he  devoted  a  great  deal  of  time  and  money  to  the 
growing  of  choice  fruits.  He  was  an  expert  with  his  rifle, 
and  many  are  the  stories  told  of  his  skill  with  it.  He  re- 
sembled his  father  in  appearance — had  the  same  beautiful 
white  hair,  keen  eyes,  and  quiet  manner.  How  well  the 
writer  remembers  his  visit  to  our  home  during  Kasson's  last 
sickness.  He  thought  him  the  handsomest  old  gentleman 
that  he  had  ever  seen.  He  died  June  2d,  1866,  at  the  home- 
stead in  Mainsburg.  He  was  survived  four  years  by  his  wife, 
who  died  at  Mainsbiirg,  October  i4th,  1870.  They  had  six 
children,  the  first  four  being  born  at  Mansfield  : 

188  PORTER  DEXTER,  born    March    i5th,    1824;  married' 
(ist),  June  5th,   1849,  Sarah    D.   Pinkham  ;   (2d)  September 
24th,  1860,  Sarah  Ophelia  Young. 

189  DR.  PHILANDER  J.,   born  August  5th,  1827  ;  died  Sep- 
tember 1 7th,  1851. 

190  DR.    PHILEMON,    born    August    igth,    1830;    married, 
January  ist,  1852,  Rosilla  Fox. 

191  BALDWIN,  born  March  8th,  1832  ;  married,  January  3d, 
1856,  Celia  E.  Maine. 

192  SARAH  MARIA,  born  June  29th,  1837  ;  married,  Febru- 
ary 3d,  1857,  Edwin  R.  Maine. 

193  CHARLES  FRANK,  born  November  i4th,  1849  ;  married, 
December  5th,  1872,  Jennie  C.  Cudworth. 


188  porter  Dexter  JParfcbUrSt,  son  of  Dexter  Parkhurst 
(52)  and  Marian  Speer,  born  March  i5th,  1824,  at  Mansfield, 
Pa. ;  married  (ist),  June  5th,  1849,  Sarah  D.  Pinkham.  She 


DEXTER    PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY.  41 

died  at  Mainsburg,  Pa.,  May  8th,  1859.  Married  (ad),  Sep- 
tember 24th,  1860,  Sarah  Ophelia  Young,  daughter  of  Francis 
and  Belle  Young,  who  was  born  at  Covington,  Pa.,  March 
28th,  1837,  and  died  at  Painted  Post,  N.  Y.,  September  i8th, 
1883.  He  was  for  many  years  a  merchant  at  Painted  Post ; 
now  resides  at  Lestershire,  N.  Y.  He  had  four  children  by 
his  second  wife  : 

194  FRANK  DEXTER,  born  September  29th,  1861  ;  married, 
February  26th,  1888,  Katharine  E.  Cheney. 

195  MARK  C.,  born  May  26th,  1863;  died  July  i8th,  1882. 

196  MARIA  BELLE,  born  June  nth,  1867  '•>  married,  July  27th, 
1892,  George  Bullis. 

197  CHARLES  LESLIE,  born  February  23d,  1871  ;  married, 
June  26th,  1895,  Luella  L.  Aldrich. 


194     Jfranfe  Dexter  parfcburet,  son  of  Porter  Dexter 

Parkhurst  (188)  and  Sarah  Ophelia  Young,  born  September 
29th,  1 86 1,  at  Covington,  Pa.  ;  married,  February  26th,  1888, 
Katharine  E.  Cheney,  daughter  of  Hugh  L.  Cheney  and  Mary 
E.  Mook.  She  was  born  at  Groveport,  Ohio,  June  i3th,  1865. 
They  reside  at  Columbus,  Ohio.  They  had  one  child : 
198  MARY  FLORENCE,  born  July  27th,  1890. 


196  flDarta  Belle  BulliS,  daughter  of  Porter  Dexter 
Parkhurst  (188)  and  Sarah  Ophelia  Young,  born  June  nth, 
1867,  at  Covington,  Pa.  ;  married,  July  27th,  1892,  George 
Bullis.  They  reside  at  Lestershire,  N.  Y.  They  had  one  child  : 

199      MILTON  P.,  born  May  24th,  1893. 

197     Cbarles  TLeslie  parfcburst,  son  of  Porter  Dexter 

Parkhurst  (188)  and  Sarah  Ophelia  Young,  born  February 
23d,  1871,  at  Painted  Post,  N.  Y.  ;  married,  June  26th,  1895, 
Luella  Louise  Aldrich,  daughter  of  Alphonso  J.  Aldrich  and 
Mary  Beach.  She  was  born  December  ist,  1871,  at  Nunda, 
N.  Y.  He  is  a  stenographer,  and  they  reside  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 


42  DEXTER    PARKHURST   AND    FAMILY. 


190  S)r.  pbtlCmOn  iparfcblirSt,  son  of  Dexter  Parkhurst 
(52)  and  Marian  Speer,  born  August  igth,  1830,  at  Mansfield, 
Pa.  ;  married,  January  ist,  1852,  Rosilla  Fox,  daughter  of 
John  Fox  and  Deborah  Rickard.  She  was  born  at  Mains- 
burg,  Pa.,  November  3d,  1833.  He  died  at  Scipio,  N.  Y., 
July  27th,  1893.  He  was  a  successful  practitioner,  and  took 
great  interest  in  the  Methodist  church,  of  which  he  was  a 
member.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  His  widow  re- 
sides at  Scipio,  N.  Y.  They  had  four  children  : 

200  EUGENE  FOX,  born  March  2d,  1853  '•>  married,  Decem- 
ber 1  5th,  1874,  Telia  Strong. 

201  EDGAR  DEXTER,  born   October   3ist,    1855;    married, 
October  25th,  1876,  Grace  M.  Simons. 

202  EMMA  TILLIE,  born  August  i2th,  1861  ;  married,  Octo- 
ber 1  9th,  1  88  1,  Lloyd  Howell. 

203  JOHN  RAYMOND,  born  December  3d,  1873  ;  resides  at 
Scipio,  N.  Y. 


200  EU^ene  JfOX  parfcbUr0t,  son  of  Philemon  Parkhurst 
(190)  and  Rosilla  Fox,  born  March  2d,  1853,  at  Mainsburg, 
Pa.  ;  married,  December  i5th,  1874,  Telia  Strong,  daughter 
of  John  Strong  and  Theodocia  Lucas,  of  Mainsburg,  Pa.  He 
died  November  i3th,  1896.  His  home  was  at  Spring  Valley, 
Fillmore  County,  Minn.  They  had  two  children  : 

204  FRED  EUGENE,  born  December  i5th,  1877. 

205  LELA  ROSILLA,  born  November  28th,  1885. 


201  jet>$ar  DeXter  parfcbUrSt,  son  of  Philemon  Park- 
hurst  (190)  and  Rosilla  Fox,  born  October  3ist,  1855,  at  Mains- 
burg, Pa.  ;  married,  October  25th,  1876,  Grace  Marian  Simons, 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  Simons  and  Caroline  Bishop,  who  was 
born  October  ist,  1857,  at  Union  Springs,  N.  Y.  They  re- 
side at  Scipio,  N.  Y.  They  had  four  children  : 

206  SEWARD,  born  December  nth,  1879. 

207  BLANCHE,  born  October  i  ith,  1883;  died  March 3oth,  1893. 

208  EDITH,  born  January  i2th,  1890. 

209  HELEN,  born  September  i5th,  1892. 


DEXTER   PARKHURST   AND    FAMILY.  43 

202  Emma  Gillie  IbOWell,  daughter  of  Philemon  Park- 
hurst  (190)  and  Rosilla  Fox,  born  August  I2th,  1861,  at 
Mainsburg,  Pa. ;  married,  October  igth,  1881,  Lloyd  Ho  well, 
son  of  Isaac  Howell  and  Johanna  Beardsley.  He  was  born 
April  1 9th,  1858,  at  Scipio,  N.  Y.  They  reside  at  Owasco 
Lake,  N.  Y.  They  had  one  child  : 

210       HAROLD  C.,  born  May  25th,  1888. 


3BaR>Win  parfcbUret,  son  of  Dexter  Parkhurst  (52) 
and  Marian  Speer,  born  March  8th,  1832,  at  Mansfield,  Pa.  ; 
married,  January  3d,  1856,  Celia  E.  Maine,  daughter  of 
Horace  S.  Maine  and  Minerva  B.  Beecher.  She  was  born 
July  23d,  1836,  at  Mainsburg,  Pa.,  and  died  November  gth, 
1890.  He  died  January  27th,  1888.  He  was  an  active  mer- 
chant at  Mainsburg  for  many  years,  and  was  largely  instru- 
mental in  the  building  of  the  handsome  brick  Methodist 
church.  They  had  no  children. 


192  Sarab  flDatia  flDamet  daughter  of  Dexter  Parkhurst 
(52)  and  Marian  Speer,  born  June  29th,  1837,  at  Mainsburg, 
Pa.  ;  married,  February  3d,  1857,  Edwin  R.  Maine,  son  of 
John  Maine  and  Nancy  Spencer.  He  was  born  February 
28th,  1830,  at  Mainsburg,  Pa.  She  died  August  i4th,  1866. 
They  had  two  children  : 

211  HOWARD  P.,  born  January  23d,  1858;  married,  Decem- 
ber 1 3th,  1883,  Mary  E.  Elliott. 

212  CHARLES  L.,  born  February  i7th,  1865;  married,  Octo- 
ber nth,  1893,  Jennie  E.  Herrington. 


211  IbOWai'fc  ff>arfc  flDaine,  son  of  Edwin  R.  Maine  and 
Sarah  Maria  Parkhurst  (192),  born  at  Mainsburg,  Pa.,  January 
23d,  1858;  married,  December  i3th,  1883,  Mary  E.  Elliott, 
daughter  of  Orson  V.  Elliott  and  Celia  Kelly.  She  was  born 
at  West  Covington,  Pa.,  April  25th,  1861,  and  died  at  Mans- 


44  DEXTER    PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY. 


field,    Pa.,   February   igth,    1894.     He  now  resides  at  Mains- 
burg.     They  had  five  children. 

213  JOSEPH  HOWARD,  born  April  28th,  1885. 

214  EDWIN  ELLIOTT,  born  June  igth,  1887. 

215  MALCOLM,  born  September  3d,  1892  ;  died  August  26th, 
1893. 

216  I  f  CHARLES  ALBERT,  born  February  6th,  1894. 

217?  t  HOWARD  ALBA,  born  February  6th,   1894;  died  De- 
cember 1  5th,  1894. 


212  Dr.  CbarleS  X*  flDainC,  son  of  Edwin  R.  Maine  and 
Sarah  Maria  Parkhurst  (192),  born  February  i7th,  1865,  at 
Mainsburg,  Pa.  ;  married,  October  nth,  1893,  Jennie  E.  Her- 
rington,  daughter  of  Charles  Herrington  and  Sarah  J.  Mathers, 
who  was  born  at  Wellsboro,  Pa.,  January  3Oth,  1868.  He 
graduated  May  i5th,  1892,  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons,  Baltimore,  Md.  He  settled  at  Helvetia,  Pa.,  and 
at  once  began  the  practice  of  his  profession.  In  1893  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  visiting  physicians  of  Adrian 
Hospital,  at  DeLancey,  Pa.  In  1894  he  was  appointed  railroad 
surgeon  of  the  M.  V.  R.  R. 


193    Cbarles  Jranft  jparftburst,  son  of  Dexter  Parkhuist 

(52)  and  Marian  Speer,  born  November  i4th,  1849,  a^  Mains- 
biirg,  Pa.  ;  married,  December  5th,  1872,  Jennie  Cudworth, 
daughter  of  James  Cudworth  and  Lydia  J.  Whittaker.  She 
was  born  in  Richmond  Township,  Tioga  County,  Pa.,  October 
7th,  1853.  They  reside  on  the  farm  at  Mainsburg,  Pa.  They 
had  one  child  : 

218       CARL  LEON,  born  March  27th,  1876;  married,  February 
1 8th,  1895,  Nettie  L.  Perry. 


218  Carl  XCOU  IPar  ft  bUrSt,  son  of  Charles  F.  Parkhurst 
(193)  and  Jennie  Cudworth,  born  March  27th,  1876,  at  Mains- 
burg, Pa.  ;  married,  February  i8th,  1895,  Nettie  L.  Perry, 
daughter  of  Almeron  M.  Perry  and  Jennie  Davey,  born  March 
25th,  1877,  at  Richmond,  Pa.  They  reside  at  Mainsburg,  Pa. 


JOEL    PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY.  45 


53  30Cl  iPaVfcbUret,  son  of  John  Parkhnrst  (37)  and  Sarah 
Billiard,  born  April  8th,  1800,  at  Marlborough,  N.  H.  ;  mar- 
ried (ist),  November  i6th,  1835,  Emeline  R.  Allen,  daughter  of 
Edward  Allen  and  Anna  Richard,  born  December  I3th,  1815, 
at  Bridgewater,  N.  Y.  She  died  at  Elkland,  Pa.,  October  29th, 
1854.  Married  (ad),  May  i4th,  1856,  Widow  Martha  H.  Steel, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Harrower  and  Dinah  Mersereau,  who 
was  born  at  Lawrenceville,  Pa.,  June  27th,  1822,  and  died  in 
New  York  City,  February  nth,  1889,  and  was  buried  at 
Elkland,  Pa.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  years  he  commenced 
teaching  school.  This  was  continued  until  he  was  twenty- 
two  years  old,  his  spare  time  being  devoted  to  the  study  of 
medicine.  In  the  spring  of  1822  he  went  to  Michigan  as  a 
government  surveyor.  Later  he  returned  to  Richmond,  N.  H., 
and  went  to  work  as  a  clerk  for  two  years  at  $150  per  year 
and  board.  On  settling  with  his  employer  he  received  his 
salary  in  merchandise,  and  went  to  Mansfield,  Pa.,  where  he 
started  in  business  for  himself.  In  1826  he  went  to  Lawrence- 
ville, Pa.,  and  formed  a  co-partnership  with  his  brother,  Curtis, 
which  was  continued  until  1828.  He  then  went  to  Elkland, 
Pa.,  and  his  business  soon  grew  to  large  proportions,  which 
made  him  the  leading  merchant  of  the  valley.  He  continued 
extending  his  biisiness  until  the  Rebellion,  when  he  was  able 
to  take  the  county  bonds,  issued  by  the  commissioners  of 
Tioga  County,  and  furnished  the  means  for  the  payment  of 
bounties  to  our  volunteers.  About  this  time  he  opened  a 
bank,  taking  into  the  company  his  son-in-law,  Charles  L. 
Pattison,  and  John  Parkhurst,  under  the  name  of  Joel  Park- 
hurst  &  Co.  He  was  largely  instrumental  in  the  building  of 
the  Cowanesque  Valley  railroad,  of  which  he  was  made 
president.  In  1876  he  erected  the  present  brick  High  School 
building  and  gave  it  to  the  village.  He  also  gave  the  Pres- 
byterian church  its  parsonage.  He  was  an  elder  in  the  church, 
and  was  identified  with  its  interests,  contributing  liberally 
toward  the  support  of  the  gospel.  Politically  he  was  a  Repub- 
lican, and  one  of  the  most  influential  citizens  of  the  county. 
He  died  at  Elkland,  Pa.,  December  6th,  1884,  leaving  an 


46  JOEL    PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY. 

estate  valued  at  more  than  a  million  dollars.  In  1890  his 
children  erected  a  beautiful  memorial  church  in  his  memory, 
at  a  cost  of  twenty  thousand  dollars,  at  Elkland,  Pa. 

He  had  eight  children  by  his  first  wife,  Emeline  R.  Allen, 
and  two  children  by  his  second  wife,  Martha  Harrower : 

219  EDWARD  JOEL,  born  October  i4th,  1837;  died  August 
1 5th,  1840. 

220  JOHN  CLAY,    born    December    25th,  1839;    died  March 
1 3th,  1850. 

221  SARAH  MARIA,   born  November  9th,  1841  ;   died  June 
1 8th,  1850. 

222  ANNA  STELLA,  born  November  3oth,   1843;   married, 
October  2ist,  1868,  Charles  L.  Pattison. 

223  MARY,  born  March  ist,  1846;  died  March  4th,  1846. 

224  FRANK,  born  January  24th,  1848;  died  April  26th,  1860. 

225  CURTIS  S.,  born  March   loth,   1852  ;    died  March   i3th, 
1852. 

226  CHARLES,  born  August  loth,  1854;  died  December  6th, 
1854. 

227  SUSAN  AMELIA,  born  May  26th,  1857;  married,  March 
9th,  1887,  J.  B.  Grier. 

228  BENJAMIN  H.,  born  October  28th,  1861  ;  married,  Octo- 
ber 7th,  1896,  Marian  M.  Moon. 


222     Hnna  iparfcburet  pattieon,  daughter  of  joei 

hurst  (53)  and  Emeline  R.  Allen,  born  November  3oth,  1843,  a^ 
Elkland,  Pa.  ;  married,  October  2ist,  1868,  Charles  L.  Patti- 
son, son  of  Thurman  Pattison  and  Susan  Wilson  Bishop.  He 
was  born  February  i6th,  1841,  at  Chester,  Warren  County, 
N.  Y.  The  family  moved  to  Lawrenceville,  Pa.,  in  1847. 
He  went  to  Fall  Brook,  Pa.,  in  the  employ  of  the  Fall  Brook 
Coal  Company,  in  1860,  and  soon  rose  to  the  position  of 
cashier  of  the  company.  In  '1869  he  removed  to  Elkland, 
Pa.,  and  became  a  partner  in  the  banking  firm  of  Joel  Park- 
hurst  &  Co.,  a  business  in  which  he  showed  great  ability.  In 


JOEL    PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY.  47 

1882  he  organized  the  company  which  built  the  Addison 
and  Northern  Pennsylvania  railroad,  he  becoming  its  presi- 
dent. His  business  became  so  extensive  that  he  took  up  the 
study  of  law,  for  the  service  it  could  be  to  him  in  managing 
his  large  estate.  In  1888  he  was  admitted  to  the  Tioga 
County  bar.  On  August  ist,  1889,  the  name  of  the  bank 
was  changed  to  C.  L.  Pattison  &  Co.,  which  was  continued 
until  his  death,  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  April  loth,  1896.  Mr. 
Pattison  was  a  liberal  minded  man,  both  in  theory  and  prac- 
tice. He  was  of  high  moral  character  and  rare  business 
ability.  He  gave  freely  from  his  large  means,  but  without 
ostentation,  many  of  his  charitable  gifts  being  unknown,  ex- 
cept to  the  beneficiaries  themselves.  They  had  no  children. 


227     Susan  iparfcburst  (Brier,  daughter  of  joei  Park- 

h first  (53)  and  Martha  Harrower,  born  at  Elkland,  Pa.,  May 
26th,  1857  ;  married,  March  gth,  1887,  Rev.  J.  B.  Grier.  As 
a  child  at  school  she  was  remarkable  for  her  extraordinary 
insight  and  rare  common  sense.  She  was  a  beautiful,  noble 
wroman.  She  died  at  Geneva,  Switzerland,  September  25th, 
1891,  and  is  buried  at  Elkland,  Pa.  Her  husband,  John  Boyd 
Grier,  was  born  at  Danville,  Pa.,  August  26th,  1843.  He  was 
graduated  at  Lafayette  College  in  1864.  He  was  a  private  in 
the  1 38th  Pennsylvania  regiment  in  1863,  and  was  principal 
of  the  Wellsboro  Academy  in  1864-1865.  He  studied 
theology  at  Alleghany  in  1867-1869,  and  was  adjunct  pro- 
fessor of  modern  languages  and  rhetoric  at  Lafayette  and 
author  of  studies  in  the  English  of  Bunyan  in  1869-1872. 
Since  1873  ne  ^as  Deen  pastor  at  Lawrenceville,  Pa.,  Jack- 
sonville, Fla.,  Danville  and  Lewisburg,  Pa.  He  was  Com- 
mencement Orator  at  Lafayette  College  in  1889,  at  which 
time  the  degree  of  D.  D.  was  conferred  upon  him  by  his 
Alma  Mater.  Since  the  death  of  his  wife  he  has  resided  at 
Elkland,  Pa.  They  had  no  children. 


48  MARTHA    PARKHURST    SEELYE    AND    FAMILY. 


228    Benjamin  Ibarrower  iparfcburst, 

liurst  (53)  and  Martha  Harrower,  born  at  Elkland,  Pa., 
October  28th,  1861  ;  married,  October  yth,  1896,  Marian 
Murray  Moon,  youngest  daughter  of  Rev.  Solomon  H.  Moon, 
D.  D.,  Ph.  D.,  and  Charlotte  Brandt.  In  1882  he  was  urged 
to  take  the  presidency  of  the  Addison  and  Northern  Pennsyl- 
vania railroad,  but  declined,  accepting  a  place  as  director. 
He  has  always  been  actively  interested  in  religious  work. 
When  quite  young  he  united  with  the  Presbyterian  church 
at  Elkland,  of  which  he  is  an  elder  and  trustee,  and  superin- 
tendent of  the  Sunday  school.  He  has  had  charge  of  the 
choir  for  the  past  fifteen  years,  is  a  fine  singer  and  a  cultured 
student  of  music.  His  business  interests  have  been  very  ex- 
tensive, adding  much  to  the  prosperity  of  his  native  village. 
He  has  traveled  extensively  in  this  country  and  Europe.  He 
resides  at  Elkland,  Pa. 


54     flDartba  parfcburst  Seel^e,  daughter  of  John 

hurst  (37)  and  Sarah  Bullard,  born  April  2d,  1803,  at  Marl- 
borough,  N.  H.  ;  married,  July  25th,  1827,  Micajah  Seelye. 
She  died  at  Lawrenceville,  Pa.,  February  ist,  1856.  He  was 
the  first  white  child  born  in  the  town  of  Lindley,  Steuben 
County,  N.  Y.  He  was  an  active  business  man  all  his  life, 
and  his  lumber  interests  were  extensive.  He  died  at  Law- 
renceville, Pa.,  October  27th,  1864.  They  had  three  children  : 

229  LINDSLEY  PARKHURST,    born    August    2oth,    1828; 
married,  December  3oth,  1853,  Martha  Booth. 

230  SARAH  EVANS,  born  December  3ist,  1834;  resides  in 
Toledo,    Ohio.     She   is  a  fine  singer  and  a  highly  cultured 
musician. 

231  ELIZABETH,  born  August   nth,  1837;    died  November 
9th,  1855. 


EBENEZER    FISK    PARKHURST   AND    FAMILY.  49 


229       1Unt>0le\>   JParfcbUrSt  SCCl^e,    son  of  Micajah  Seelye 

and  Martha  Parkhurst  (54),  born  August  2oth,  1828;  married, 
December  3Oth,  1852,  at  Ballston  Spa,  N.  Y.,  Martha  Booth, 
daughter  of  Selbues  Booth,  and  Lucretia  Foot,  born  May 
2oth,  1830,  at  Ballston  Spa.  He  was  a  merchant  at  that  place 
for  many  years,  and  his  widow  still  resides  there.  He  died 
June  roth,  1868.  They  had  two  children  : 

232  CAROLINE  KENT,  born  October  2oth,  1853;  married, 
September  6th,  1876,  William  H.  Burr. 

233  SARAH  ELIZABETH,  born  December  26th,  1854;  mar- 
ried, October  22d,  1884,  William  M.  Ver  Plank. 


232  Caroline  IfceUt  Butt,  daughter  of  Lindsley  Parkhurst 
Seelye  (229)  and  Martha  Booth,  born  October  2oth,  1853,  at 
Ballston  Spa,  N.  Y.  ;  married,  September  6th,  1876,  William 
Hulbert  Burr.  She  died  in  New  York  City,  May  ist,  1894. 
They  had  three  children  : 

234  MARIAN  ELIZABETH,  born  June  29th,  1881. 

235  WILLIAM  FAIRFIELD,  born  February  7th,  1884. 

236  GEORGE  LINDSLEY,  born  August  29th,  1889. 


233     Sarab  jeiisabetb  IflerflManfc,  daughter  of 

Parkhurst  Seelye  (229)  and  Martha  Booth,  born  December 
26th,  1854,  at  Ballston  Spa,  N.  Y. ;  married,  October  22d, 
1884,  William  M.  Ver  Plank.  They  had  no  children. 


55  jebenCSer  JfiSfc  jpmrfcbUrSt,  son  of  John  Parkhurst 
(37)  and  Sarah  Bullard,  born  November  ist,  1807,  at  Marl- 
borough,  N.  H.  ;  married,  November  8th,  1829,  Demis  Brown, 
daughter  of  Aden  Brown  and  Lydia  Parmenter,  born  July 
24th,  1809,  in  Massachusetts,  and  died  at  Springfield,  Pa., 
on  February  9th,  1887.  He  was  only  six  years  of  age  when 
his  father  moved  from  New  Hampshire,  and  his  entire  life 
was  spent  on  the  farm.  He  was  a  Christian  gentleman,  and 


50  EBENEZER    FISK    PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY. 

took  an  active  part  in  all  church  matters.     He   died  at  the 
old  home,  October  i5th,  1892.     They  had  five  children  : 

237  LYDIA,  born  March  ist,  1832  ;  married,  October  5th,  1853, 
Frank  Loveland. 

238  JOHN  C.,  born    August    2ist,    1833;    married,   July  4th, 
1864,  Frankie  Smith. 

239  CYNTHIA  H.,  born  March  2d,  1836  ;  died  February  i8th, 
1842. 

240  ELSIA  A.,  born  February   nth,   1841  ;   married,  January 
3oth,  1 86 1,  Rodney  H.  Cooley. 

241  NORTHWAY,  born  December  2d,   1844;    married,  June 
1 8th,  1884,  Mary  E.  King. 


237  3l\>t>ia  XOVClanfc,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  F.  Parkhurst 
(55)  and  Demis  Brown,  born  March  ist,  1832,  at  Springfield, 
Pa.  ;  married,  October  5th,  1853,  Frank  Loveland.  She  died 
at  Elkland,  Pa.,  February  i6th,  1886.  They  had  one  child  : 

242  FRANK  P.,  born  February  7th,  1857  ;  died  April  26th, 
1865. 


238  JObn  <L  parfcbUr0t,  son  of  Ebenezer  F.  Parkhurst 
(55)  and  Demis  Brown,  born  August  2  ist,  1833,  at  Spring- 
field, Pa.  ;  married,  July  4th,  1864,  Frankie  Smith,  daughter 
of  Seth  Smith  and  Harietta  Huggins.  He  died  at  Springfield, 
Pa.,  March  2d,  1865.  They  had  no  children. 


240  j£l6ia  B*  dOOlClp,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  F.  Parkhurst 
(55)  and  Demis  Brown,  born  February  nth,  1841  ;  married, 
January  3oth,  1861,  Rodney  H.  Cooley,  of  Troy,  Pa.  She 
died  February  3d,  1885,  at  Troy,  Pa.  They  had  two  children  : 

243  ANNA  P.,    born    December    nth,    1869;    married,  April 
27th,  1892,  Albion  Budd. 

244  HELEN,  born  March  26th,  1863;  died  May  191!!,  1863. 


EBENEZER    FISK    PARKHURST    AND    FAMILY.  51 


243  Hnna  IParfcbUr0t  BUfcfc,  daughter  of  Rodney  H. 
Cooley  and  Elsia  A.  Parkhurst  (240),  born  December  nth, 
1869,  at  Troy,  Pa.  ;  married,  April  27th,  1892,  Albion  Budd. 
They  reside  at  Troy,  Pa. 


241  1ROrtbWa£  parfebUtet,  son  of  Ebenezer  F.  Parkhurst 
(55)  and  Deinis  Brown,  born  December  ad,  1844,  at  Spring-- 
field, Pa.  ;  married,  June  i8th,  1884,  Mary  E.  King,  daughter 
of  Samuel  King  and  Margaret  A.  Pine,  of  Lansingburg,  N.  Y. 
He  died  at  the  old  homestead  at  Springfield,  Pa.,  October 
29th,  1896,  and  his  widow  still  resides  there.  They  had  two 
children  : 

245  ETTIE,  born  June  i8th,  1886;  died  July  2ist,  1886. 

246  GERTRUDE  M.,  born  September  i3th,  1890. 


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